Iron supplementation affects growth and morbidity of breast-fed infants: Results of a randomized trial in Sweden and Honduras

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3249-3255

  Dewey, Kathryn G ^a   Domellöf, Magnus ^a,b   Cohen, Roberta J ^a   Rivera, Leonardo Landa ^a,c   Hernell, Olle ^a,b   Lönnerdal, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Medicina Infantil   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Anemia; Breast feeding; Diarrhea; Infant growth; Iron supplementation

Indexed keywords

FET IN SOL; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036846243     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.11.3249     Document Type: Article

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