Continuing Anemia Prevention Strategies Are Needed Throughout Early Childhood in Low-income Preschool Children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Cusick, Sarah E ^a   Mei, Zuguo ^a   Cogswell, Mary E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947268079     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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