The association between anemia in infants, and maternal knowledge and adherence to iron supplementation in Southern Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 521-524

  Bilenko, Natalya ^a,b   Yehiel, Mazal ^a,b   Inbar, Yael ^a   Gazala, Eli ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adherence; Anemia; Children; Iron supplementation; Maternal knowledge

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; ISRAEL; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 34547574697     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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