Iron status at 12 months of age - Effects of body size, growth and diet in a population with high birth weight

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-513

  Thorsdottir, I ^a   Gunnarsson, B S ^a   Atladottir, H ^a   Michaelsen, K F ^b   Palsson, G ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Growth; Haemoglobin; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anaemia; Mean corpuscular volume; Milk and food intake; Serum ferritin; Serum transferrin receptors

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; CEREAL; CHILD GROWTH; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HOME; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEAT; MILK; NEWBORN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CEREALS; DIET; FERRITINS; FISHES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MEAT; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037728849     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601594     Document Type: Article

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