Iron status of inner-City African-American infants

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-121

  Lozoff, Betsy ^a,d   Angelilli, Mary Lu ^b   Zatakia, Jigna ^b   Jacobson, Sandra W ^b   Calatroni, Agustin ^a   Beard, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Human Growth and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Anemia; Body iron; Erythrocyte protoporphryrin; Infants; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; MALE; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846506014     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20782     Document Type: Article

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