Mother-infant interactions and infant development are altered by maternal iron deficiency anemia

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 850-855

  Perez, Eva M ^a   Hendricks, Michael K ^a   Beard, John L ^b   Murray Kolb, Laura E ^b   Berg, Astrid ^a   Tomlinson, Mark ^a   Irlam, James ^a   Isaacs, Washiefa ^a   Njengele, T ^a   Sive, Alan ^a   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognition; Development; Infant; Iron; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 20144387854     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.4.850     Document Type: Article

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