Iron status and anaemia in preschool children in Sydney

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 618-622

  Karr, Margaret ^a   Alperstein, Garth ^b   Causer, Jane ^a   Mira, Michael ^a,d   Lammi, Ahti ^b   Fett, Michael J ^c  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c Roy Alexandra Hospital for Children ^*

^d Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030332408     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01076.x     Document Type: Article

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