Multivitamin and iron supplementation to prevent periconceptional anemia in rural Tanzanian women: A randomized, controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Gunaratna, Nilupa S ^a   Masanja, Honorati ^b   Mrema, Sigilbert ^b   Levira, Francis ^b   Spiegelman, Donna ^c   Hertzmark, Ellen ^a   Saronga, Naomi ^d   Irema, Kahema ^b   Shuma, Mary ^b   Elisaria, Ester ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c Department of and Nutrition ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIAN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANEMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929322803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121552     Document Type: Article

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