Factors associated with haemoglobin concentration among Timor-Leste children aged 6-59 months

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-209

  Agho, Kingsley E ^a   Dibley, M J ^b   D'Este, C ^c   Gibberd, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Child; Haemoglobin concentration; Hierarchical multiple regression; Iron deficiency; Preschool; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 48249093817     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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