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. 1995 Sep;127(3):429-31.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(95)70076-5.

Iron status in breast-fed infants

A Pisacane  1 , B De Vizia, A Valiante, F Vaccaro, M Russo, G Grillo, A Giustardi
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Iron status in breast-fed infants

A Pisacane et al. J Pediatr. 1995 Sep.

Abstract

Iron status of 30 infants who had been breast fed until their first birthday and who had never received cow milk, medicinal iron, or iron-enriched formula and cereals was investigated; 30% were anemic at 12 months of age. The duration of exclusive breast-feeding was significantly longer among nonanemic infants (6.5 vs 5.5 months). None of the infants who were exclusively breast fed for 7 months or more and 43% of those who were breast fed for a shorter time were anemic. Infants who were exclusively breast fed for a prolonged period had a good iron status at 12 and 24 months.

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