A method to estimate prevalence of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in adolescent Jamaican girls

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 831-836

  Himes, John H ^a   Walker, Susan P ^b   Williams, Sonia ^b   Bennett, Franklyn ^b   Grantham McGregor, Sally M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

hemoglobin; Iron deficiency; iron deficiency anemia; prevalence estimation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JAMAICA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031046758     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.3.831     Document Type: Article

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