A test of the optimal iron hypothesis among breastfeeding Ariaal mothers in northern Kenya.
Masako FujitaKatherine WanderPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2017)
We interpret these patterns as tentative support for the optimal iron hypothesis in breastfeeding women in the infectious disease ecology of northern Kenya. Iron deficiency may interact in important ways with other forms of malnutrition that are known to affect immune protection.