Excess iron intake as a factor in growth, infections, and development of infants and young children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue , 2017, Pages 1681S-1687S

  Lönnerdal, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; development; excess iron; growth; infants; infections; iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTESTINE FLORA; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON OVERLOAD; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ANIMAL; BLOOD; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FORTIFIED FOOD; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 85037624363     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.156042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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