Effects of vitamin A supplementation on iron status indices and iron deficiency anaemia: A randomized controlled trial

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-206

  Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a,b   Al Zabedi, Ebtesam M ^b   Al Maktari, Mohamed T ^b   Atroosh, Wahib M ^a   Al Delaimy, Ahmed K ^a   Moktar, Norhayati ^c   Sallam, Atiya A ^d   Abdullah, Wan Ariffin ^a   Jani, Rohana ^a   Surin, Johari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d SEGI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical trial; Iron deficiency anaemia; Malaysia; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; IRON, DIETARY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84891650871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6010190     Document Type: Article

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