The comparison of mixed distribution analysis with a three-criteria model as a method for estimating the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia in Costa Rican children aged 12-23 months

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-89

  Cohen, Jennifer Hadary ^a   Haas, Jere D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron; Mixed distribution analysis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANAEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; MODELING;

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ANEMIA; BIOLOGY; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; INFANT; IRON; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; METALS; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MICRONUTRIENTS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; YOUTH;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COSTA RICA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032975803     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.1.82     Document Type: Article

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