Prevalence and predictors of iron deficiency in fully breastfed infants at 6 mo of age: Comparison of data from 6 studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1433-1440

  Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Lönnerdal, Bo ^a   Adu Afarwuah, Seth ^a   Brown, Kenneth H ^a   Chaparro, Camila M ^a   Cohen, Roberta J ^a   Domellöf, Magnus ^b   Hernell, Olle ^b   Lartey, Anna ^c   Dewey, Kathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; BLOOD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 65549156073     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26964     Document Type: Article

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