Iron nutritional status is improved in Brazilian preterm infants fed food cooked in iron pots

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 855-859

  Borigato, Eliana V M ^a   Martinez, Francisco E ^b  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Iron deficiency anemia; Iron nutritional status; Iron pots; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031968642     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.5.855     Document Type: Article

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