Risk factors for iron deficiency in a hospitalized urban New Zealand population

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-106

  Grant, C C ^a,b   Wall, C R ^c   Wilson, C ^b   Taua, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ethnic groups; Food habits; Iron deficiency; New Zealand; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0346665985     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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