Anaemia among Egyptian adolescents: Prevalence and determinants

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 1017-1025

  El Sahn, F ^a   Sallam, S ^a   Mandil, A ^a   Galal, O ^b  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034261550     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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