Prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in 6 months to 5 years old children in Fars, Southern Iran

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kadivar, Mohamad Rahim ^a   Yarmohammadi, Hooman ^b   Mirahmadizadeh, Ali R ^c   Vakili, Marziyeh ^c   Karimi, Mehran ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fars; Iran; Iron deficiency anemia (IDA); Nutritional methods; Serum ferritin; Shiraz

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; IRAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037295986     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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