Preschool Iron-Folic Acid and Zinc Supplementation in Children Exposed to Iron-Folic Acid in Utero Confers No Added Cognitive Benefit in Early School-Age
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Impact of iron-folic acid supplementation on cognitive abilities of school girls in Vadodara.
OBJECTIVES To assess impact of daily and intermittent iron-folate (IFA) supplementation on cognition of underprivileged primary schoolgirls in Vadodara. DESIGN Experimental-control longitudinal study. SETTING Municipal primary schools. PARTICIPANTS Schoolgirls (n=161) in the age group of 9 - 13 years. INTERVENTION Participants at three randomly selected schools were given IFA tablets (1...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-3166,1541-6100
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.146480