Detecting iron deficiency anemia among children (9-36 months of age) by implementing a screening program in an urban slum

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 671-676

  Kapur, Deeksha ^a   Agarwal, Kailash Nath ^b,d   Sharma, Sushma ^c  

^a INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036631741     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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