Prevalence and risk factors for iron deficiency in Kelantanese pre-school children

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 935-939

  Siti Noor, Ali Shibramulisi ^a   Wan Maziah, W M ^b   Narazah, M Y ^c   Quah, B S ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anaemia; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751019956     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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