Iron deficiency anaemia in children of a peri-urban health facility

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 520-523

  Murila, F V ^a   Macharia, W M ^a   Wafula, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JUVENILE; KENYA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; IRON; KENYA; MEASUREMENT; METALS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBURBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033182049     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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