Iron deficiency in 1- to 3-year-old children: A pediatric failure?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 986-988

  Eden, Alvin N ^a   Mir, Mohammad A ^a  

^a WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030720913     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170470020003     Document Type: Article

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