Universal versus selective iron supplementation for infants and the risk of unintentional poisoning in young children: A comparative study of two populations

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-419

  Finkelstein, Yaron ^a,b,c   Wahl, Michael S ^d,e   Bentur, Yedidia ^f,g,h   Schechter, Tal ^c   Garty, Ben Zion ^b   Erickson, Timothy B ⁱ   Chodick, Gabby ^b   Cahana, Alfred ^f   Mounstephen, Bill J ^c   Koren, Gideon ^c,f   Aks, Steven E ^j,k  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council   (United States)

^e EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f Israel Poison Information Center   (Israel)

^g TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^h Israel Society of Toxicology   (Israel)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^j Toxikon Consortium ^*  (United States)

^k RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Iron supplementation; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

IRON; MULTIVITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; IRON OVERLOAD; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISON CENTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; IRON; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PARENTS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; VITAMINS;

EID: 34047229106     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H346     Document Type: Article

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