Food insecurity is associated with iron deficiency anemia in US adolescents

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1358-1371

  Eicher Miller, Heather A ^a   Mason, April C ^b   Weaver, Connie M ^a   McCabe, George P ^c   Boushey, Carol J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049190533     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27886     Document Type: Article

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