Determinants of anemia in pre-school children in the occupied Palestinian territory

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-18

  Halileh, Samia ^a   Gordon, N H ^b  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALESTINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGIONALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 31744444599     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi045     Document Type: Article

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