What vitamins and minerals should be given to breastfed and bottle-fed infants?

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Title:	What vitamins and minerals should be given to breastfed and bottle-fed infants?
Author:	Eglash, Anne; Kendall, Susan K.
Keywords:	vitamin K iron supplementation oral fluoride supplement vitamin D
Date:	2005-12
Publisher:	Family Physicians Inquiries Network
Citation:	Journal of Family Practice, 54(12) 2005: 1089-1091.
Abstract:	Breastfed and formula-fed infants should receive intramuscular vitamin K soon after birth to prevent classic hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic review of controlled trials). Routine iron supplementation for all term, healthy, breastfed infants is not proven to be safe or necessary. Formula-fed infants should be consuming formula that contains 10 to 12 mg/L of iron (SOR: A, 2 small randomized controlled trials).
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3383