Is weekly iron and folic acid supplementation as effective as daily supplementation for decreasing incidence of anemia in adolescent girls?

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Feb;156(2):128-30. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.156.2.128.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comment
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anemia / drug therapy*
  • Anemia / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Folic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Folic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Hematinics / administration & dosage
  • Hematinics / therapeutic use*
  • Hematocrit
  • Humans
  • Iron / administration & dosage
  • Iron / therapeutic use*
  • Nepal / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • Hematinics
  • Folic Acid
  • Iron