Iron deficiency and anaemia in children with a high prevalence of haemoglobinopathies: Implications for screening

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1262-1266

  Linpisarn, Sukanya ^a   Tienboon, Prasong ^a   Promtet, Nongkran ^a   Putsyainunt, Pachern ^a   Santawanpat, Sappaporn ^a   Fuchs, George J ^a,b,c  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Ferritin; Haemoglobinopathy; Iron deficiency; Southeast Asia; Thailand

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

EID: 0030456344     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1262     Document Type: Article

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