Prevalence of anemia among healthy women in 2 metropolitan areas of Japan

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-219

  Kusumi, Eiji ^a   Shoji, Midori ^b   Endou, Shigeyuki ^c   Kishi, Yukiko ^d   Shibata, Taro ^e   Murashige, Naoko ^f   Hamaki, Tamae ^g   Matsumura, Tomoko ^a   Yuji, Koichiro ^a   Yoneyama, Akiko ^c   Kami, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Yuai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

^g TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia in the elderly; Erythropoietin; Hematological abnormalities; Hemoglobin; Iron deficiency; Iron fortification; Mean corpuscular volume (MCV); Thrombocytopenia; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FLOUR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750328923     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.06097     Document Type: Article

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