Risk factors associated with anemia among Serbian school-age children 7-14 years old: Results of the first national health survey

Hippokratia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 252-260

  Djokic, D ^a   Drakulovic, M B ^a   Radojicic, Z ^b   Crncevic Radovic, L ^c   Rakic, L ^d   Kocic, S ^a   Davidovic, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Public Health of Serbia   (Serbia)

^d CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Lifestyle; Nutritive factors; Physical activities; School age children; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SERBIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 78149394518     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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