Efficacy and Safety of Daily Iron Supplementation in Children: Lessons from Three Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials
Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Michael Low, Jane Thompson, Ann Farrell, Emily Hayes, Kongolo Kalumba & Beverley-Ann Biggs · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015
Objectives: 47% of pre-school children and 25% of school-aged children are anaemic. Daily iron supplementation remains a key anaemia control intervention, but benefits and safety in children are debated. We systematically reviewed evidence for daily iron supplementation in 4–23m,...
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10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20849