Anaemia among clinically well under-fives attending a community health centre in venda, limpopo province

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 445-448

  Heckman, James ^a   Samie, Amidou ^b   Bessong, Pascal ^b   Ntsieni, Mmboniseni ^b   Hamandi, Hassan ^a   Kohler, Matthew ^a   Milam, Benjamin ^a   Scriver, Jessica ^a   Dillingham, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CENTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNDERWEIGHT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; PROCEDURES;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954519469     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.3579     Document Type: Article

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