Iron status of young children in Europe

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue , 2017, Pages 1663S-1671S

  Van Der Merwe, Liandré F ^a   Eussen, Simone R ^a  

^a DANONE NUTRICIA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cow milk; Europe; formula; human milk; Iron deficiency; iron deficiency anemia; iron intake; iron repletion; young children

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; NORTHERN EUROPEAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WESTERN EUROPE; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85037662624     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.156018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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