Is it time to change guidelines for iron supplementation in malarial areas?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 875-876

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b,c   Leeds, Ira L ^b   McFarland, Deborah A ^c   Flores, Rafael ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; PLACEBO;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; LETTER; MALARIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANEMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 77949666406     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.118638     Document Type: Letter

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