Iron-containing micronutrient powder provided to children with moderate-to-severe malnutrition increases hemoglobin concentrations but not the risk of infectious morbidity: A randomized, double-blind,,placebo-controlled, noninferiority safety trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 585-593

  Lemaire, Mathieu ^a   Islam, Qazi Shafayetul ^b   Shen, Hua ^c   Khan, Marufa Aziz ^b   Parveen, Monira ^b   Abedin, Fahmida ^b   Haseen, Farhana ^b   Hyder, Ziauddin ^b,d,e   Cook, Richard J ^c   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^a,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POWDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; IRON; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MORBIDITY; POWDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 79960856869     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.009316     Document Type: Article

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