Identification, prevention and treatment of iron deficiency during the first 1000 days

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4093-4114

  Burke, Rachel M ^a   Leon, Juan S ^a   Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

First 1000 days; Infants; Iron deficiency; Iron supplementation; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; IRON INTAKE;

BREAST FEEDING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; LACTATING MOTHER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE OXYGENATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908199188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6104093     Document Type: Review

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