Long-term supplementation with iron does not enhance growth in malnourished Bangladeshi children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1319-1322

  Rahman, Mohammad M ^a   Akramuzzaman, Syed M ^a   Mitra, Amal K ^a,b   Fuchs, George J ^a   Mahalanabis, Dilip ^a,c  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Society for Applied Research   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Growth; Height; Iron; Weight

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERROUS GLUCONATE; MULTIVITAMIN; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON THERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032975494     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.7.1319     Document Type: Article

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