Do breast-fed babies benefit from iron before 6 months?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 554-556

  Lozoff, Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0344442382     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0022-3476(03)00530-4     Document Type: Editorial

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