Buffered or impaired: Maternal anemia, inflammation and breast milk macronutrients in northern Kenya

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 329-339

  Fujita, Masako ^a   Paredes Ruvalcaba, Nerli ^a   Wander, Katherine ^b   Corbitt, Mary ^a   Brindle, Eleanor ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; infection; iron deficiency anemia; non iron deficiency anemia; transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTOSE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KENYA; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL STRESS; NON IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KENYA; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85058964402     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23752     Document Type: Article

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