Exclusively breastfed infants: Iron recommendations are premature

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Furman, Lydia M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; PLACEBO;

BREAST FEEDING; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; LETTER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953298985     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0201B     Document Type: Letter

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