Child food insecurity and iron deficiency anemia in low-income infants and toddlers in the United States

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-185

  Skalicky, Anne ^a   Meyers, Alan F ^b   Adams, William G ^b   Yang, Zhaoyan ^a   Cook, John T ^b   Frank, Deborah A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Food assistance; Food insecurity; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; IRON; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BOSTON; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646068091     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0036-0     Document Type: Article

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