The comparative study of anemia among three different races of women fars-native, Turkaman and Sistanee in the villages around Gorgan Iran (South-East of Caspian Sea)

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-318

  Veghari, G R ^a   Mansourian, A R ^a   Marjani, A J ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anemia; Gorgan; Iron; Race; Women

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33947272281     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2007.315.318     Document Type: Article

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