Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Infants in Two Weekly Programs

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This work aims at establishing the effectiveness of weekly doses of ferrous sulfate administered by mothers compared with weekly supplements administered directly by healthcare professionals, to reducing anemia prevalence.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sao Jose do Rio Preto Medical School; Sao Jose do Rio Preto University
• Treatments: Iron

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ages ranging between six and 24 months old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Positive results for the Guthrie test

• Use of ferrous sulfate supplements

• Infections process at the time of first consultation