Anaemia among schoolchildren in Qena Governorate, upper Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 916-920

  Barduagni, P ^a   Ahmed, A S ^b   Curtale, F ^c   Raafat, M ^d   Mansour, E ^d  

^a Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Italy)

^b Ministry of Health and Population   (Egypt)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANEMIA; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STUDENTS;

EID: 28644445941     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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