A prospective study of iron status in exclusively breastfed term infants up to 6 months of age

• Main Authors: Rusia Usha (Author), Faridi MMA (Author), Raj Shashi (Author), Singh Om (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Can exclusive breastfeeding until six months of age maintain optimum iron status in term babies? We evaluated iron status of exclusively breastfed term infants in relation to breast milk iron and lactoferrin.</p> <p>Metho...