Household food insecurity is a risk factor for iron-deficiency anaemia in a multi-ethnic, low-income sample of infants and toddlers

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2120-2128

  Park, Kyong ^a   Kersey, Margaret ^b   Geppert, Joni ^c   Story, Mary ^a   Cutts, Diana ^c   Himes, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Food insecurity; Iron deficiency anaemia

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINNESOTA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75149154740     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005540     Document Type: Article

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