Increased birth weight associated with regular pre-pregnancy deworming and weekly iron-folic acid supplementation for vietnamese women

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Passerini, Luca ^a   Casey, Gerard J ^b   Biggs, Beverley A ^b,c   Cong, Dai T ^a   Phu, Luong B ^d   Phuc, Tran Q ^e   Carone, Marco ^f   Montresor, Antonio ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Yen Bai Medical College   (Viet Nam)

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

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIANEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIET NAM; WORM EXPULSION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHELMINTICS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMATINICS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861215881     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001608     Document Type: Article

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