Risks of routine iron and folic acid supplementation for young children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 857-866

  Pasricha, S ^b   Shet, A ^a   Sachdev, H P S ^c   Shet, Arun S ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; Folic acid; India; Iron; Malaria; Public health

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ANEMIA; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; IRON; MALARIA; NUTRITION POLICY; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70350464507     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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