Anaemia, lead poisoning and vitamin D deficiency in low-income children: Do current screening recommendations match the burden of illness?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1424-1428

  Kersey, Margaret ^a   Chi, Ming ^b   Cutts, Diana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Lead screening; Low income children; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCOLECALCIFEROL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINNESOTA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79960137934     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003617     Document Type: Article

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