Iron intake and iron deficiency anaemia among young women in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Loh, S P ^a   Khor, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron deficiency anaemia; Iron intake; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952656914     PISSN: 16758544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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