Prevalence of iron deficiency and its association with vitamin A deficiency in preschool children

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Ferraz, Ivan Savioli ^a,b   Daneluzzi, Júlio C ^a   Vannucchi, Hélio ^a   Jordão Jr , Alceu A ^a   Ricco, Rubens G ^a   Del Ciampo, Luiz A ^a   Martinelli Jr , Carlos E ^a   D'Angio Engelberg, Alexander A ^a   Bonilha, Luis R C M ^a   Custódio, Viviane I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b USP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Child health care; Iron; Malnutrition; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CHILD; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 28244502266     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1324     Document Type: Article

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