Intestinal blood loss as an aggravating factor of iron deficiency in infants aged 9 to 12 months fed whole cow's milk

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-156

  Fernandes, Sandra Maria Rodrigues ^a   De Morais, Mauro Batista ^a   Amancio, Olga Maria Silverio ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Breast feeding; Iron deficiency; Occult blood; Weaning

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CHILD HEALTH; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MILK; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 38349167881     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000248007.62773.3a     Document Type: Article

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