Weekly vs Daily Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation in Adolescent Nepalese Girls

Binay Kumar Shah, Piyush Gupta
2002 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine  
Objective: To compare the effectiveness of weekly vs daily iron and folic acid supplementation for control of anemia in adolescent Nepalese girls. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: A Government Girl School in Dharan, Nepal, an urban foothill town that is 305 m above sea level.
doi:10.1001/archpedi.156.2.131 pmid:11814373 fatcat:f3q235mzoje2rgl47nz6qjws74