The side-effects of different doses of iron sulfate on women of reproductive age: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study Efeitos colaterais do sulfato ferroso administrado em diferentes posologias em mulheres em idade reprodutiva: estudo randomizado, duplo cego e controlado por placebo

OBJECTIVES: to identify side effects of the use of different doses of iron sulfate (IS). METHODS: an eight-week randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial was carried out involving 727 women aged 20-49 years between October 2005 and October 2006. The women were randomly allocated into eight...

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Main Authors: Katia Maria de Melo Machado, Luiz Oscar Cardoso Ferreira, Ariani Impieri de Souza, Alcides da Silva Diniz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco 2011-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292011000300008