Iron and Mental and Motor Behaviour in Childhood
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Abstract
There is ample evidence of an association between iron deficiency anaemia and impaired performance in tests of mental and motor function in childhood. A number of reviews dealing with the nature of the association have been published (Parks and Wharton, 1989; Simeon and Grantham-Macgregor, 1990; Pollitt, 1993) and this chapter considers the evidence for a causal association.KeywordsIron DeficiencyIron Deficiency AnaemiaIron StatusMotor ScoreOral IronThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.