Prevalence of Iron deficiency Anemia among adolescent schoolgirls from Kermanshah, Western Iran

Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 352-355

  Akramipour, Reza ^a   Rezaei, Mansour ^a   Rahimi, Zohreh ^a,b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Anemia; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anemia; Western Iran

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IRAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; PARENT; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRAN; IRON; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849110293     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/102453308X343383     Document Type: Article

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