Late umbilical cord-clamping as an intervention for reducing iron deficiency anaemia in term infants in developing and industrialised countries: A systematic review

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-16

  van Rheenen, Patrick ^a   Brabin, Bernard J ^a,b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA;

CLAMP; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FETUS DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; POLYCYTHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; CONSTRICTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYCYTHEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 1642365793     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013286     Document Type: Review

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