PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 5 November 1976, pp. 686-691
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow P3Rs: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when P3Rs are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Mcmillan, J. A.
Right arrow Articles by Oski, F. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Mcmillan, J. A.
Right arrow Articles by Oski, F. A.

Iron Sufficiency in Breast-Fed Infants and the Availability of Iron From Human Milk

Julia A. Mcmillan M.D.1, Stephen A. Landaw M.D.1, and Frank A. Oski M.D.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, and the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Syracuse, New York

Four infants were studied who had been exclusively breast-fed for periods varying from 8 to 18 months. All had grown sufficiently to have exhausted their prenatally acquired iron endowment with respect to meeting current needs for maintaining normal hemoglobin levels. All infants had normal hemoglobin values and normal serum iron values. Studies of iron absorption from breast milk and cow's milk were performed in ten normal adults. The absorption of iron from the human milk was significantly higher. These findings suggest that the iron present in human milk is sufficient to meet the iron requirements of the exclusively breast-fed infant until he approximately triples his birthweight.

Submitted on March 24, 1976
Accepted on April 23, 1976




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Nutr.Home page
J. K. Meinzen-Derr, M. L. Guerrero, M. Altaye, H. Ortega-Gallegos, G. M. Ruiz-Palacios, and A. L. Morrow
Risk of Infant Anemia Is Associated with Exclusive Breast-Feeding and Maternal Anemia in a Mexican Cohort
J. Nutr., February 1, 2006; 136(2): 452 - 458.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Nutr.Home page
F. J. Troost, J. Steijns, W. H. M. Saris, and R.-J. M. Brummer
Gastric Digestion of Bovine Lactoferrin In Vivo in Adults
J. Nutr., August 1, 2001; 131(8): 2101 - 2104.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 PediatricsHome page
B. Sherry, Z. Mei, and R. Yip
Continuation of the Decline in Prevalence of Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Children in Five States
Pediatrics, April 1, 2001; 107(4): 677 - 682.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Nutr.Home page
I. P. M. Wauben and S. A. Atkinson
Calcium Does Not Inhibit Iron Absorption or Alter Iron Status in Infant Piglets Adapted to a High Calcium Diet
J. Nutr., March 1, 1999; 129(3): 707 - 711.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 CLIN PEDIATRHome page
R. A. Pastel, P. J. Howanitz, and F. A. Oski
Iron Sufficiency with Prolonged Exclusive Breast-feeding in Peruvian Infants
Clinical Pediatrics, October 1, 1981; 20(10): 625 - 626.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 CLIN PEDIATRHome page
D. B. Jelliffe and E. F. P. Jelliffe
Alleged Inadequacies of Human Milk: Common Misapprehensions and Errors
Clinical Pediatrics, December 1, 1977; 16(12): 1140 - 1144.
[PDF]