Motor development in 9-month-old infants in relation to cultural differences and iron status

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-210

  Angulo Barroso, Rosa M ^a   Schapiro, Lauren ^a   Liang, Weilang ^b   Rodrigues, Onike ^c   Shafir, Tal ^a   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Jacobson, Sandra W ^d   Lozoff, Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cultural practices; Fine motor; Gross motor; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GHANA; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GHANA; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551622292     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20512     Document Type: Article

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