World health organization hemoglobin cut-off points for the detection of anemia are valid for an Indonesian population

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1669-1674

  Khusun, Helda ^a   Ray, Yip ^b   Schultink, Werner ^b,c   Dillon, Drupadi H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemoglobin; Humans; Iron deficiency; Screening

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0344604537     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.9.1669     Document Type: Article

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