Iron stores of breastfed infants during the first year of life

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2023-2034

  Ziegler, Ekhard E ^a   Nelson, Steven E ^a   Jeter, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfed infant; Iron deficiency; Iron endowment; Iron stores

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D; IRON;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE;

BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84901365706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6052023     Document Type: Article

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