Iron deficiency in young Lebanese children: Association with elevated blood lead levels

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 382-386

  Muwakkit, Samar ^a   Nuwayhid, Iman ^a   Nabulsi, Mona ^a   Al Hajj, Rima ^a   Khoury, Ruby ^a   Mikati, Mohamad ^a   Abboud, Miguel R ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Children; Iron deficiency; Lebanon

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LEAD; TRANSFERRIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST MILK; CHICKEN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEBANON; MALE; MILK; PHLEBOTOMY; SEPSIS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 43149124176     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318165b283     Document Type: Article

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