Effect of single-dose albendazole and vitamin A supplementation on the iron status of pre-school children in Sichuan, China

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1415-1423

  Chen, Ke ^a   Xie, Hu Mina ^a   Tian, Weizheng ^a   Zheng, Xiaoling ^a   Jiang, Alice C ^a  

^a CHENGDU WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Anaemia; Children; Iron metabolism; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84959169467     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114516000350     Document Type: Article

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