The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 272-277 , August 2008

Iron Deficiency in International Adoptees from Eastern Europe

Received 30 July 2007 ,Revised 29 January 2008 ,Accepted 28 February 2008.

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 Supported in part by a grant from the Genentech Center for Clinical Research in Endocrinology to Dr Petryk and in part by a grant (M01-RR00400) from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, to the General Clinical Research Center at the University of Minnesota.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00184-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.02.048

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 272-277 , August 2008

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