Iron supplementation of breastfed infants

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Ziegler, Ekhard E ^a   Nelson, Steven E ^a   Jeter, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Complementary feeding; Infants; Iron supplementation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; IRON; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CEREALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80155183993     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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