Factors associated with hypochromia and microcytosis among high school students in the Southeastern United States

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1132-1137

  Adekile, Adekunle D ^a   Yüregir, T Zeynep ^a   Walker, E Larry D ^a   Gu, Li Hao ^a   Baysal, Erol ^a   Huisman, Titus H J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; FERRITIN; GEORGIA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMAN; IRON; MALE; RACIAL STOCKS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027970687     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199411000-00015     Document Type: Article

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