Low prevalence of iron-deficiency anaemia among Inuit preschool children: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007-2008

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1415-1423

  Pacey, Angela ^a   Weiler, Hope ^a   Egeland, Grace M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Anaemia; Children; Helicobacter pylori; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FERRITIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INUITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUNAVUT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79960136988     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010002429     Document Type: Article

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