Iron supplements for preterm or low birthweight infants.
Open Access
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 64 (11) , 1621-1622
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.64.11.1621
Abstract
A survey of 57 neonatal units in the United Kingdom showed considerable disparity in iron supplementation policies for preterm low birthweight infants.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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- The Effect of Iron Supplements and Blood Transfusion on Iron Absorption by Low Birthweight Infants Fed Pasteurized Human Breast MilkPediatric Research, 1978
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