Early childhood anemia and mild or moderate mental retardation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-119

  Hurtado, Elyse Krieger ^b   Claussen, Angelika Hartl ^a   Scott, Keith G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

And Children; Anemia; Child development; Children; Data linkage; Hemoglobin; Infants; Iron deficiency; Mental retardation; Special Supplemental Program for Women; WIC program

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0032917501     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.1.115     Document Type: Article

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