Effect of iron intervention on growth during gestation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence: A systematic review with meta-analysis

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 386-401

  Vucic, Vesna ^a   Berti, Cristiana ^b   Vollhardt, Christiane ^c   Fekete, Katalin ^d   Cetin, Irene ^b   Koletzko, Berthold ^c   Gurinovic, Mirjana ^a   van't Veer, Pieter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; EURRECA; Infants; Iron; Physical growth; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; PLACEBO;

ANEMIA; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84878701873     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12037     Document Type: Article

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