Prevalence of iron deficiency in Auckland high school students

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1116, 2000, Pages 347-350

  Schaaf, David ^b   Scragg, Robert ^c   Metcalf, Patricia ^c   Grant, Cameron ^c   Buchanan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POLYNESIA; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLYNESIA; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034713998     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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