Anemia in rural china's elementary schools: Prevalence and correlates in shaanxi province's poor counties

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-372

  Renfu, Luo ^a   Kleiman Weiner, Max ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^c   Liu, Chengfang ^c   Sharbono, Brian ^b   Shi, Yaojiang ^d   Yue, Ai ^d   Martorell, Reynaldo ^e   Lee, Michelle ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Educational performance; Primary school students; Rural China

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ANEMIA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; STUDENT;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 77956470615     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2010.507437     Document Type: Article

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