Timing of the introduction of complementary foods in infancy: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1038-1045

  Jonsdottir, Olof H ^a   Thorsdottir, Inga ^a   Hibberd, Patricia L ^b   Fewtrell, Mary S ^c   Wells, Jonathan C ^c   Palsson, Gestur I ^a   Lucas, Alan ^c   Gunnlaugsson, Geir ^d   Kleinman, Ronald E ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; Exclusive breastfeeding; Growth rate; Iron status; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICELAND; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84870496553     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3838     Document Type: Article

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