Duration of exclusive breastfeeding and risk of anemia in a cohort of Mexican infants

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 554, Issue , 2004, Pages 395-398

  Meinzen Derr, Jareen K ^a   Lourdes Guerrero, M ^b   Altaye, Mekibib ^a   Ruiz Palacios, Guillermo M ^b   Morrow, Ardythe L ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4644284526     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-4242-8_49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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