Iron status in 6-y-old children: Associations with growth and earlier iron status

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 761-767

  Gunnarsson, B S ^a   Thorsdottir, I ^a   Palsson, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Depleted iron stores; Growth; Haemoglobin (Hb); Iron deficiency; Mean corpuscular volume (MCV); Serum ferritin (SF)

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 21244467935     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602137     Document Type: Article

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