Prevalence of anemia among school going adolescents of Chandigarh

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 593-597

  Basu, Sabita ^a   Basu, Srikanta ^a   Hazarika, Ranjita ^a   Parmar, Veena ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anemia; Prevalence; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 21244495205     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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