Anemia in North of Iran (South-east of Caspian Sea)

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1703-1707

  Gholamreza, Veghari ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ethnicity; Iran; Iron; Pregnancy; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247188045     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1703.1707     Document Type: Article

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