Daily iron supplementation on cognitive performance in primary-school-aged children with and without anemia: A meta-analysis

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 16107-16111

  Guo, Xiu Min ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Qian, Jing ^a  

^a LIAOCHENG PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Iron supplementation; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IRON SUPPLEMENTATION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 84946606631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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