Iron supplementation improves iron status and reduces morbidity in children with or without upper respiratory tract infections: A randomized controlled study in Colombo, Sri Lanka

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 234-241

  De Silva, Angela ^a   Atukorala, Sunethra ^a   Weerasinghe, Irangani ^b   Ahluwalia, Namanjeet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Lady Ridgeway Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 10 y old children; Anemia; Inflammatory indicators; Iron status; Iron supplementation; Sri Lanka; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SRI LANKA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0037215292     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.1.234     Document Type: Article

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