Sex differences in prevalence of anaemia and iron deficiency in infancy in a large multi-country trial in South-East Asia

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1070-1076

  Wieringa, Frank T ^a,g   Berger, Jacques ^b,c   Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine A ^a   Hidayat, Adi ^d   Ninh, Nguyen X ^c   Utomo, Budi ^e   Wasantwisut, Emorn ^f   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^d TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g Nutrition Research and Development Centre   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Deficiency; Infants; Iron status; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

IRON; PLACEBO; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TREATMENT DURATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; IRON; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ZINC;

EID: 35148841476     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507756945     Document Type: Article

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