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- Title
Effects of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on admission to hospital and mortality in preschool children in a high malaria transmission setting: community-based, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
- Authors
Sazawal, Sunil; Black, Robert E; Ramsan, Mahdi; Chwaya, Hababu M; Stoltzfus, Rebecca J; Dutta, Arup; Dhingra, Usha; Kabole, Ibrahim; Deb, Saikat; Othman, Mashavi K; Kabole, Fatma M
- Abstract
Anaemia caused by iron deficiency is common in children younger than age 5 years in eastern Africa. However, there is concern that universal supplementation of children with iron and folic acid in areas of high malaria transmission might be harmful.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2006, Vol 367, Issue 9505, p133
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(06)67962-2