Iron deficiency in healthy, term infants aged five months, in a pediatric outpatient clinic: a prospective study

• Main Authors: Nur Aida Adnan (Author), Emer Breen (Author), Chin Aun Tan (Author), Crystal C Wang (Author), Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin (Author), Lucy Chai See Lum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Iron deficiency (ID) is prevalent in Malaysian children. The incidence of ID in infants under 6 months of age is unknown. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in healthy, term infants aged below 6 months in our hospital...