Co-assessment of iron, vitamin A and growth status to investigate anemia in preschool children in suburb Chongqing, China

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-281

  Chen, Ke ^a,b   Zhang, Xuan ^a   Li, Ting Yu ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Qu, Ping ^a   Liu, You Xue ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chengdu Maternal and Children Health Care Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron; Micronutrient deficiency; Preschool children; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 73349098761     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-009-0052-z     Document Type: Article

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