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a (top) Model of the tested associations among infant iron status, children’s dull affect-social reticence, parental unresponsiveness, and children’s verbal skills. Bolded pathway represents the process of functional isolation. Children’s verbal skills at age 5 and 10 were correlated a priori.
b (bottom) Model of an alternate ordering of study variables wherein poor infant iron status contributes directly to children's verbal skills.
