A longitudinal study of iron status in children at 12, 24 and 36 months

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-100

  Freeman, V E ^a   Mulder, J ^c   Van't Hof, M A ^c   Hoey, H M V ^b   Gibney, M J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cows' milk; Infant feeding

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032081702     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/phn19980015     Document Type: Article

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