The impact of weekly iron supplementation on the iron status and growth of adolescent girls in Tanzania
Open Access
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 5 (11), 794-799
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00641.x
Abstract
Summary We evaluated the effect of weekly doses of 400 mg of ferrous sulphate for 4 months on the iron status of adolescent girls in a controlled trial in Tanga, Tanzania. Supplementation led to a s...Keywords
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