Impact of long-term oral iron supplementation in breast-fed infants

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 739-745

  Abdelrazik, Nabil ^a   Al Haggar, Mohammad ^a   Al Marsafawy, Hala ^a   Abdel Hadi, Hesham ^a   Al Baz, Rizk ^b   Mostafa, Abdel Hamid ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Breast fed; Growth; Iron supplementation

Indexed keywords

FERROUS GLUCONATE; MULTIVITAMIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEVER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EGYPT; FEMALE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748895599     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0130-y     Document Type: Article

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