Haematological effect of iron supplementation in breast fed term low birth weight infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-29

  Aggarwal, D ^b   Sachdev, H P S ^a,b   Nagpal, J ^b   Singh, T ^b   Mallika, V ^c  

^a Maulana Azad Medical College ^*  (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FERRITINS; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MATERNAL AGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144247031     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.040410     Document Type: Article

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