Effects of age of introduction of complementary foods on iron status of breast-fed infants in Honduras

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 878-884

  Dewey, Kathryn G ^a   Cohen, Roberta J ^b   Rivera, Leonardo Landa ^b   Brown, Kenneth H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Birth weight; Breast feeding; C reactive protein; Complementary foods; Hematocrit; Hemoglobin; Honduras; Infants; Iron status; Plasma ferritin; Weaning

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031958391     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.5.878     Document Type: Article

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