Iron and zinc supplementation improved iron and zinc status, but not physical growth, of apparently healthy, breast-fed infants in rural communities of northeast Thailand

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2405-2411

  Wasantwisut, Emorn ^a   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^a   Chitchumroonchokchai, Chureeporn ^a   Yamborisut, Uruwan ^a   Boonpraderm, Atitada ^a   Pongcharoen, Tippawan ^a   Sranacharoenpong, Kitti ^a   Russameesopaphorn, Wanphen ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33748309294     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.9.2405     Document Type: Article

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