Iron deficiency anaemia and evaluation of the utility of iron deficiency indicators among healthy Nigerian children

Hematology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-253

  Jeremiah, Zaccheaus A ^a   Buseri, Fiekumo I ^a   Uko, Emmanuel K ^b  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anaemia; Iron deficiency indicators; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 34250680924     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330601111821     Document Type: Article

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