Effects of three different iron supplementations in term healthy infants after 5 months of life

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 280-284

  Ermis, Bahri ^a   Demirel, Fatma ^a   Demircan, Nejat ^a   Gurel, Ahmet ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERRO SANOL; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036798030     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.5.280     Document Type: Article

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