Effect of daily or weekly multiple-micronutrient and iron foodlike tablets on body iron stores of Indonesian infants aged 6-12 mo: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1680-1686

  Wijaya Erhardt, Maria ^a   Erhardt, Juergen G ^b   Untoro, Juliawati ^a   Karyadi, Elvina ^a   Wibowo, Lindawati ^a   Gross, Rainer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body iron stores; FoodLETs; Foodlike tablets; Indonesia; Infants; Iron deficiency; Multiple micronutrients

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET FORMULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 36849020408     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.5.1680     Document Type: Article

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