Retraction Note: Childhood iron deficiency anemia leads to recurrent respiratory tract infections and gastroenteritis (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (12637), 10.1038/s41598-019-49122-z);Childhood iron deficiency anemia leads to recurrent respiratory tract infections and gastroenteritis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Jayaweera, Jayaweera Arachchige Asela Sampath ^a   Reyes, Mohammed ^a   Joseph, Anpalaham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IRON; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85071779210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90018-8     Document Type: Erratum

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