Practitioner awareness of low iron among infants will support early intervention to improve outcomes, writes Dr Jamie Tan, Head of Paediatrics at Joondalup Health Campus.
One of the most surprising findings so far from ORIGINS is that one in three Western Australian children at 12 months, and nearly two in three at three years, can be classified as having low iron.
The big question we are now asking is: why are we seeing such low iron levels in this cohort of patients?
The IRON Child ORIGINS sub-project was born from the need to make sense...
One of the most surprising findings so far from ORIGINS is that one in three Western Australian children at 12 months, and nearly two in three at three years, can be classified as having low iron.
The big question we are now asking is: why are we seeing such low iron levels in this cohort of patients?
The IRON Child ORIGINS sub-project was born from the need to make sense...
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