Iron supplemented formula milk related to reduction in psychomotor decline in infants from inner city areas: Randomised study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7185, 1999, Pages 693-698

  Williams, J ^a   Wolff, A ^a   Daly, A ^a   MacDonald, A ^a   Aukett, A ^b   Booth, I W ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Birmingham Community Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; IRON; MALE; MILK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033550899     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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