Iron and infection: Narrative review of a major iron supplementation study in Papua New Guinea undertaken by the Department of Tropical Paediatrics, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 1979-1983, its aftermath and the continuing relevance of its results

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue SUPP2, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Oppenheimer, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infection; Iron; Malaria; Meta analysis; Trials

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN; ZINC;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPAL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84874891497     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046904712Z.00000000075     Document Type: Article

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