Comparative effectiveness of zinc protoporphyrin and hemoglobin concentrations in identifying iron deficiency in a group of low-income, preschool-aged children: Practical implications of recent illness

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 224-232

  Crowell, Rebecca ^a   Ferris, Ann M ^a   Wood, Richard J ^b   Joyce, Patricia ^c   Slivka, Hilda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Preschool aged child; Zinc protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; URBAN POPULATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746843705     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0156     Document Type: Article

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