Prevalence of anemia among urban school children of Punjab

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1181-1186

  Verma, M ^a   Chhatwal, J ^a   Kaur, Gurmeet ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Iron deficiency; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENARCHE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032235465     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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