Lesson of the week: Prevalence of concomitant disease in patients with iron deficiency anaemia

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7075, 1997, Pages 206-

  Till, Simon H ^a   Grundman, Michael J ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031032157     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7075.206     Document Type: Article

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