Screening for iron deficiency anemia in a Well Baby Clinic

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 622-624

  Al Hifzi, Ibrahim ^a,b   Pejaver, R Kumar ^a   Qureshi, Irfan ^a  

^a King Salman Armed Force Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Medical College   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0030511903     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.622     Document Type: Article

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