Prevalence of anaemia among children living in five communities in and near Karachi, Pakistan

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-346

  Rahbar, Mohammad H ^a,b   Hozhabri, Siroos ^a,c   Wang, Jianling ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haematocrit; Lead poisoning; Pakistan; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAMPLING;

ANAEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PAKISTAN; STUNTING; WASTING;

DISEASES;

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAD; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POISONING; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34248200347     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240601025038     Document Type: Article

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