title: [Advances on the study of iron deficiency and mental development in children].
abstract: Childhood is a critical period for mental development. Iron deficiency will affect the development of nerve system and depress the learning ability, memory and cognitive function of children. There are a large number of literatures focusing on the mechanism of iron deficiency on mental retardation and the effect of iron reinforcement on iron deficient children in recent years. More attention has been paid to the prevention of iron deficiency. It has been proposed that the prevention of iron deficiency during early life of infants is more important than the reinforcement of iron in childhood. Exploring the relationship between iron deficiency and mental development is very important to improve the intelligence of children and the quality of whole population.
authors.affiliation: Health Education Department of Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin 300162, China. ghx5650026@163.com
authors.forename: Hongxia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Guo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*