What do we know about the long-term cognitive effects of iron-deficiency anemia in infancy?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 401-402

  Alloway, Tracy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTELLIGENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE;

EID: 84876170613     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12127     Document Type: Article

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