Iron deficiency anemia is not a rare problem among women of reproductive ages in Ethiopia: A community based cross sectional study

BMC Blood Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-

  Haidar, Jemal A ^a,b   Pobocik, Rebecca S ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHOTOMETER; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 70349868153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2326-9-7     Document Type: Article

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