Secular trends in the prevalence of iron deficiency among us toddlers, 1976-2002

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-381

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

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

^b St Andrew's School   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; TODDLER; UNDERWEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049088060     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.4.374     Document Type: Article

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