Iron deficiency is a public health problem in Canadian infants and children

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 347-350

  Hartfield, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; STROKE;

EID: 77956158804     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/15.6.347     Document Type: Note

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