Iron status of young children from immigrant families

Natasha Ruth Saunders, Patricia C Parkin, Catherine S Birken, Jonathon L Maguire, Cornelia M Borkhoff - Archives of Disease in Childhood

This study investigated whether there is an association between family immigrant status and iron stores and evaluated whether or not there were any known dietary, environmental or biological determinants of low iron status that influenced this relationship.  The study found no association between family immigrant status and iron stores.