Vegetarian diets in children and adolescents

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Amit, Minoli ^a   Cummings, Carl ^b   Grueger, Barbara ^c   Feldman, Mark ^b   Lang, Mia ^d   Grabowski, Janet ^b   Wong, David ^b   Greig, Anita ^b   Patel, Hema ^e  

^a St Martha's Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^b Whitehorse General Hospital ^*

^c Whitehorse General Hospital   (Canada)

^d ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Infant; Vegetarian diets

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FAT; FATTY ACID; IRON; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

BREAST FEEDING; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EATING DISORDER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FIBER; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; NURSING; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77954782104     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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