Prevalence of anemia and associated factors in children aged 6-59 months in Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil;Prevalência da anemia e fatores associados em crianças de seis a 59 meses de Pernambuco

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-466

  Leal, Luciana Pedrosa ^a   Filho, Malaquias Batista ^a,b   de Lira, Pedro Israel Cabral ^a   Figueiroa, José Natal ^b   Osório, Mônica Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Child; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology; Infant; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959700535     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102011000300003     Document Type: Article

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