Abstract
Iron deficiency in infancy and childhood is associated with a number of non-haematological manifestations, including the delay of mental and motor development. Iron requirements and iron uptake into the brain are highest during periods of rapid growth (Beard et al., 1993) and perinatal iron deficiency alters myelination of nervous tissue (Morris et al., 1992c).
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The British Nutrition Foundation. (1995). Iron in Infancy and Childhood. In: Iron. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0585-9_15
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