Incidence of Side-effects After Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Consumption Among School-going Indian Adolescents

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 33-36

  Sethi, Vani ^a   Yadav, Shikha ^b   Agrawal, Sutapa ^b   Sareen, Neha ^b   Kathuria, Nishtha ^b   Mishra, Preetu ^a   Kapoor, Jaipal ^c   Dureja, Sushma ^c  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b Government of India ^*  (India)

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Anemia; Iron supplementation; Prevention

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL FECES; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HARYANA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICS; PEER PRESSURE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; IRON; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 85060313404     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-019-1463-0     Document Type: Article

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