Combined iron and folic acid supplementation with or without zinc reduces time to walking unassisted among Zanzibari infants 5- to 11-mo old

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2427-2434

  Olney, Deanna K ^a   Pollitt, Ernesto ^a   Kariger, Patricia K ^b   Khalfan, Sabra S ^c   Ali, Nadra S ^c   Tielsch, James M ^d   Sazawal, Sunil ^d   Black, Robert ^d   Allen, Lindsay H ^a,e   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri United Republic of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TANZANIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WALKING;

EID: 33748290193     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.9.2427     Document Type: Article

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