Prevalence of anaemia in 2-12-year-old Iranian children

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 804-808

  Sayyari, A A ^a   Sheikhol Eslam, R ^a   Abdollahi, Z ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRAN; IRON COMPOUNDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847660848     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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