Milk folate but not milk iron concentrations may be inadequate for some infants in a rural farming community in San Mateo, Capulhuac, Mexico

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 782-789

  Villalpando, Salvador ^a   Latulippe, Marie E ^b   Rasas, Gorethy ^a   Irurita, Maria Jose ^a   Picciano, Mary Frances ^b   O'Connor, Deborah L ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folate status; Iron status; Iron folate interaction; Lactation; Milk folate; Milk iron

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL VOLUME; DYSERYTHROPOIESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LACTATION; MEXICO; MILK; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; LACTATION; MEXICO; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0142120174     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/78.4.782     Document Type: Article

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