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| Title |
Intermittent iron supplementation for improving nutrition and development in children under 12 years of age
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd009085.pub2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Luz Maria De‐Regil, Maria Elena D Jefferds, Allison C Sylvetsky, Therese Dowswell |
| Abstract |
Approximately 600 million children of preschool and school age are anaemic worldwide. It is estimated that half of the cases are due to iron deficiency. Consequences of iron deficiency anaemia during childhood include growth retardation, reduced school achievement, impaired motor and cognitive development, and increased morbidity and mortality. The provision of daily iron supplements is a widely used strategy for improving iron status in children but its effectiveness has been limited due to its side effects, which can include nausea, constipation or staining of the teeth. As a consequence, intermittent iron supplementation (one, two or three times a week on non-consecutive days) has been proposed as an effective and safer alternative to daily supplementation. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 577 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 568 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 89 | 15% |
| Researcher | 75 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 68 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 34 | 6% |
| Other | 116 | 20% |
| Unknown | 141 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 181 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 71 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 40 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 4% |
| Psychology | 18 | 3% |
| Other | 78 | 14% |
| Unknown | 164 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 November 2021.
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#24
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So far Altmetric has tracked 11,499 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 40.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 79% of its peers.
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