The incidence, treatment, and follow-up of iron deficiency in a tertiary care pediatric clinic

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-337

  Traxler, Susan Grant ^a   Benjamin, John T ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRON; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18444411394     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400408     Document Type: Review

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