Iron deficiency and anemia in school children and adolescents

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 692-698

  Shaw, Ning Sing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

adolescents; anemia; children; ferritin; iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ASIA; CHILD; CHINA; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; HEALTH; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; IRON; MEASUREMENT; METALS; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0030474813     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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