Long-term weekly iron-folic acid and de-worming is associated with stabilised haemoglobin and increasing iron stores in non-pregnant women in Vietnam

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Casey, Gerard J ^a   Jolley, Damien ^b   Phuc, Tran Q ^c   Tinh, Ta T ^c   Tho, Dang H ^d   Montresor, Antonio ^e   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^d Research and Training Centre for Community Development   (Viet Nam)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; EARLY INTERVENTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; LONG TERM CARE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; VIET NAM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORM EXPULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL; VIETNAM;

EID: 78651258182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015691     Document Type: Article

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