Abstract

TOSTADO-MADRID, Tania et al. News of the characteristics of iron and its use in pediatrics. Acta pediatr. Méx [online]. 2015, vol.36, n.3, pp.189-200. ISSN 2395-8235.

We review various aspects of iron: recent epidemiological data, physiological data such as factors regulating its absorption, increased or decrease its bioavailability, highlighting the importance and reason for an adequate supplementation; the choice of appropriate food sources; evaluation in comparative tables of the iron content and bioavailability percentage of different foods and train milk formulas.

Keywords : iron; bioavailability; absorption; lactoferrin; dialyzability; heme iron; non-heme iron.

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