Meeting iron needs for infants and children

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-272

  Berglund, Staffan ^a   Domellöf, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

children; infants; iron; iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; IRON INTAKE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST MILK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; LEARNING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALARIA; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MEDLINE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898539178     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000043     Document Type: Review

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