Evaluation of iron status in relation to feeding practices in early infancy

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-74

  Polat, Tugcin Bora ^a   Saz, Eylem Ulas ^b   Urganci, Nafiye ^a   Akyildiz, Basak ^a   Celmeli, Fatih ^c  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anemia; Feeding; Ferritin; Infant; Iron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 79953113881     PISSN: 18575749     EISSN: 18575773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2011.0155     Document Type: Article

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