title: [Frequency of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia in infancy and childhood (author's transl)].
abstract: 266 children with iron deficiency were treated over a period of 2 years. The incidence rate and age distribution did not deviate much compared with former results. A different incidence of iron deficiency was found when 120 healthy children from 2 socially and economically different groups were examined. In both groups together the incidence rate of iron deficiency was 19%. But while in the socially higher standing group only 5% were afflicted, the other group showed 33%. This difference questions the value of generally iron medication and favours the opinion that iron deficiency indicates that children have not been looked after properly.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D007501:Iron
vernacular_title: Häufigkeit von Eisenmangel und Eisenmangelanämie im Kindesalter.