Anemia and the transition of nomadic hunter-gatherers to a sedentary life-style: Follow-up study of a kalahari community

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 455-472

  Kent, Susan ^a   Dunn, David ^b,c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chronic disease; Demography; Diet; ESR; Iron; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SITTING; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; IRON; LIFE STYLE; MALE;

EID: 0030034865     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199603)99:3<455::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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