Prevalence of anemia in first nations children of northwestern Ontario

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue APR., 1997, Pages 659-664

  Whalen, Elaine A ^b   Caulfield, Laura E ^b   Harris, Stewart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031110122     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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