Daily multivitamins with iron to prevent anemia in high-risk infants: A randomized clinical trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-93

  Geltman, Paul L ^a,c   Meyers, Alan F ^a   Mehta, Supriya D ^a   Brugnara, Carlo ^b   Villon, Ivan ^a   Wu, Yen A ^a   Bauchner, Howard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Whittier Street Health Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Nutrition; Pediatrics; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETICULOCYTE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; VITAMINS;

EID: 3042788981     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.114.1.86     Document Type: Article

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