Effect of iron supplementation on psychomotor development of non-anaemic, exclusively or predominantly breastfed infants: a randomised, controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Chmielewska, Anna ^a   Chmielewski, Grzegorz ^a   Domellöf, Magnus ^b   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a   Szajewska, Hania ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85016727750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2015-009441     Document Type: Article

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