Benefits and risks of Iron interventions in children (BRISC): Protocol for a three-arm parallel-group randomised controlled field trial in Bangladesh

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Hasan, Mohammed Imrul ^a   Hossain, Sheikh Jamal ^a   Braat, Sabine ^b   Dibley, Michael John ^c   Fisher, Jane ^d   Grantham Mcgregor, Sally ^e   Tofail, Fahmida ^a   Simpson, Julie A ^b   Arifeen, Shams El ^a   Hamadani, Jena ^a   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^f   Pasricha, Sant Rayn ^g  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f PETER DOHERTY INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION AND IMMUNITY   (Australia)

^g ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

anaemia; Bangladesh; children; cognitive development; iron deficiency; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT HARM; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYRUP; TEMPERAMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85049873430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018325     Document Type: Article

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