| Literature DB >> 2317069 |
A Briend1, B A Hoque, K M Aziz.
Abstract
The growth of 694 children from rural Bangladesh was studied. Children drinking water containing greater than 1 mg iron/l (n = 628) were significantly taller than those drinking less than 1 mg iron/l (n = 66): their mean (SD) height for age Z score was -2.10 (1.34) compared with -2.45 (1.24), p less than 0.05. This suggests that iron deficiency may contribute to growth retardation in poor communities.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2317069 PMCID: PMC1792232 DOI: 10.1136/adc.65.2.224
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dis Child ISSN: 0003-9888 Impact factor: 3.791