The relationships among iron supplement use, Hb concentration and linear growth in young children: Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 730-736

  Mohammed, Shimels Hussien ^a   Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a,b,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ethiopia; Hb; Iron supplementation; Linear growth; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHIOPIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ETHIOPIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON, DIETARY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85038129851     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114517002677     Document Type: Article

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