Opportunistic sampling from early childhood centres: A substitute for random sampling to determine lead and iron status of pre-school children?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 512-514

  Ranmuthugala, Geetha ^a   Karr, Margaret ^b   Mira, Michael ^b   Alperstein, Garth ^b   Causer, Jane ^b   Jones, Michael ^c  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c INTSTAT Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; LEAD;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLING;

EID: 0031873004     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01424.x     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Mira M, Bawden-Smith J, Causer J, et al. Blood lead concentrations of preschool children in Central and Southern Sydney. Med J Aust 1996, 164: 399-402.
2. Karr M, Alperstein G, Causer J. et al. Iron status and anaemia in preschool children in Sydney. Aust N Z J Public Health 1996; 20; 618-22.
3. Mira M, Alperstein G, Karr M, et al Haem iron intake in 12-36 month old children depleted in iron: Case control study. Br Med J 1996, 312: 881-3.
4. Survey Data Analysis (SUDAAN) version 6.34. Nth Carolina: Research Triangle Institute, 1993.
5. McBride WG, Black BP, English BJ. Blood lead levels and behaviour of 400 preschool children. Med J Aust 1982; 2: 26-9.