Iron and the Breastfed Infant
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Infant iron status affects iron absorption in Peruvian breastfed infants at 2 and 5 mo of age.
BACKGROUND Effects of prenatal iron supplementation on maternal postpartum iron status and early infant iron homeostasis remain largely unknown. OBJECTIVE We examined iron absorption and growth in exclusively breastfed infants in relation to fetal iron exposure and iron status during early infancy. DESIGN Longitudinal, paired iron-absorption (⁵⁸Fe) studies were conducted in 59 exclusively b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antioxidants
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2076-3921
DOI: 10.3390/antiox7040054