Prevalence of anemia and the risk factors among schoolchildren in Istanbul

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 346-350

  Gür, Emel ^a,c   Yildiz, Inci ^a   Celkan, Tiraje ^a   Can, Günay ^a   Akkuş, Semra ^a   Arvas, Ahmet ^a   Güzelöz, Şima ^b   Çifçili, Serdar ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ayhan ahenk Foundation   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 31044449855     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi032     Document Type: Article

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