Multivitamin supplementation improves haematologic status in children born to HIV-positive women in Tanzania

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Enju ^a   Duggan, Christopher ^a,b   Manji, Karim P ^c   Kupka, Roland ^a,d   Aboud, Said ^c   Bosch, Ronald J ^a   Kisenge, Rodrick R ^c   Okuma, James ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d Regional Office for West and Central Africa   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haemoglobin; Mother to child transmission; Multivitamins; Randomized controlled trial; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANAEMIA; HAEMOGLOBIN; MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION; MULTIVITAMINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

EID: 84891546136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18022     Document Type: Article

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