Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Infant Development: Implications for Growth, Cognitive Development, Resistance to Infection, and Iron Supplementation

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue , 1997, Pages 25-62

  Ryan, Alan S ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chronic disease; Growth and development; Infant health; Iron supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002950472     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(1997)25+<25::aid-ajpa2>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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