Iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia in the first two years of life: Strategies to prevent loss of developmental potential

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Black, Maureen M ^a   Quigg, Anna M ^a   Hurley, Kristen M ^a   Pepper, Margery Reese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental loss; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anemia; Maternal depression; Non responsive caregiving

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80155168960     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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