Anemia is a poor predictor of iron deficiency among toddlers in the United States: For heme the bell tolls

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-320

  White, Keith C ^a,b  

^a Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Anemia; Child; Evidence based medicine; Hemoglobin; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anemia; Mexican Americans; NHANES III; Positive predictive value; Poverty; Preschool; Sensitivity; Toddlers; United States

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN; IRON;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844405909     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1488     Document Type: Review

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