Benefits of Iron supplementation for low birth weight infants: A systematic review

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Long, Hui ^a   Yi, Jing Mei ^a   Hu, Pei Li ^a   Li, Zhi Bin ^a   Qiu, Wei Ya ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Zhu, Sing ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anemia; Infant; Iron deficiency; Iron supplementation; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DOSE RESPONSE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84866329110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-99     Document Type: Article

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