Zinc and iron deficiency and their interrelations in low-income African American and Hispanic children in Atlanta

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1027-1034

  Cole, Conrad R ^a,b   Grant, Frederick K ^b   Swaby Ellis, E Dawn ^c   Smith, Joy L ^a   Jacques, Anne ^a   Northrop Clewes, Christine A ^d   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^d   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^d   Ziegler, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC; IRON;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; CEREAL; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEAT; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY HEIGHT; CEREALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; GEORGIA; HEMOGLOBINS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT PRODUCTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; ZINC;

EID: 77950474342     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28089     Document Type: Article

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