Rethinking anaemia surveillance

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9067, 1997, Pages 1764-1766

  Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030995683     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)12355-2     Document Type: Note

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