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Brain, Behaviour, and Iron in the Infant Diet
John . Ed(S): Dobbing
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Description for Brain, Behaviour, and Iron in the Infant Diet
paperback. Editor(s): Dobbing, John. Num Pages: 195 pages, 31 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
Iron deficiency in infancy is very widespread, even in developed countries and even when there is no general malnutrition. This book examines the question whether iron deficiency in early life leads to deleterious changes in brain and/or behavioural development. Each of the nine contributors comments critically on each of the other eight chapters, so that the book is very extensively peer-reviewed. The evidence is set out so that the reader may make his own informed judgement. Iron deficiency could very easily be prevented; this fact is of prime importance if such deficiency has long-lasting effects on human intellectual capacity and ... Read more
Iron deficiency in infancy is very widespread, even in developed countries and even when there is no general malnutrition. This book examines the question whether iron deficiency in early life leads to deleterious changes in brain and/or behavioural development. Each of the nine contributors comments critically on each of the other eight chapters, so that the book is very extensively peer-reviewed. The evidence is set out so that the reader may make his own informed judgement. Iron deficiency could very easily be prevented; this fact is of prime importance if such deficiency has long-lasting effects on human intellectual capacity and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447117681
SKU
V9781447117681
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