Prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in 6-60 month old children in Yazd's rural area

International Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 180-184

  Karimi, M ^a   Mirzaei, M ^a   Dehghani, A ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iron Deficiency; Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA)

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 4544291456     PISSN: 08856265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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