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Daily home fortification with iron as ferrous fumarate versus NaFeEDTA: a randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial in Kenyan children

BACKGROUND: We aimed to show the non-inferiority of home fortification with a daily dose of 3 mg iron in the form of iron as ferric sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (NaFeEDTA) compared with 12.5 mg iron as encapsulated ferrous fumarate in Kenyan children aged 12–36 months. In addition, we updated...

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Autores principales: Teshome, Emily M., Andang’o, Pauline E. A., Osoti, Victor, Terwel, Sofie R., Otieno, Walter, Demir, Ayşe Y., Prentice, Andrew M., Verhoef, Hans
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28449690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0839-z