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Levels of serum ferritin and total body iron among infants with different feeding regimens
Author(s) -
HOKAMA TOMIKO
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1993.tb03057.x
Subject(s) - medicine , serum ferritin , ferritin , iron status , physiology , serum iron , iron supplementation , formula feeding , pediatrics , breast feeding , iron deficiency , gastroenterology , anemia
The levels of serum ferritin and total body iron of healthy infants were analyzed to evaluate iron status among infants with different feeding regimens. The results showed that the levels of serum ferritin and total body iron were lower in breast‐fed infants than in partially breast‐fed or formula‐fed infants at late infancy and 18 months of age.