Trends in childhood anemia in a Massachussetts health maintenance organization, 1987-2001

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Oken, Emily ^a   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^a   Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Scanlon, Kelly S ^b   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^a,c   Gillman, Matthew W ^a,c  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748656531     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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