Weekly dose of iron-folate supplementation with vitamin-C in the workplace can prevent anaemia in women employees

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-52

  Joseph, Bobby ^a   Ramesh, Naveen ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intervention; Iron deficiency anaemia; Weekly dose; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ASCORBIC ACID; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKER;

EID: 84930485486     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.291.3016     Document Type: Article

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