Prevalence and characteristics of anemia in an elderly population attending a Health Family Program;Prevalência e caracterização da anemia em idosos do Programa de Saúde da Família

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 288-292

  Barbosa, Diana L ^a   Arruda, Ilma K G ^a   Diniz, Alcides S ^a   Pessoa, Diana Lemos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UFPE ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Diagnosis; Elderly; Health Family Programme; Hematimetric indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547170012     PISSN: 15168484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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