title: Cause and cure for iron deficiency in toddlers.
abstract: Iron deficiency is the commonest cause of anaemia in Britain. Maureen B Duggan asks: How does toddler iron deficiency aris? How is it reliably diagnosed? And how can it be prevented in the community? Is iron supplementation of foods, especially of breast milk substitutes and follow-on formulae important in communities at risk?
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Duggan
mesh_terms: D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence