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Iron deficiency is an important public health problem in developing nations.1 Researchers from the University of California, Davis, Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, and the Hospital de Gineco Obstetricia 4 “Luis Castelazo Ayala,” Mexico City, studied the effect of delayed umbilical cord clamping on infants’ hematological and iron status at 6 months of age. Women in labor with term, uncomplicated pregnancies expected to vaginally deliver healthy infants were enrolled and randomly assigned to early (within 10 seconds) or delayed (2 minutes) umbilical cord clamping. Venous blood was collected from the mother before delivery and from the placenta after delivery to assess maternal and fetal iron status. Capillary blood was collected from infants at 4–8 hours of age to …
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