Prevalence of anemia in schedule caste preschool children of Punjab

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 218-221

  Sidhu, Sharda ^a   Kumari, Kanta ^b   Uppal, Manjula ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036590794     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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