Iron deficiency in early childhood in the United States: Risk factors and racial/ethnic disparities

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 568-575

  Brotanek, Jane M ^a,b   Gosz, Jacqueline ^c   Weitzman, Michael ^d   Flores, Glenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Day care; Disparities; Early childhood; Iron deficiency; Obesity; Racial ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548399062     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0572     Document Type: Article

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