The prevalence of anaemia depends on the definition: An example from the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-139

  Mackerras, D ^a,b   Singh, G ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33845529320     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602483     Document Type: Article

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