High anemia prevalence in Western China

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1204-1213

  Luo, Renfu ^a   Wang, Xiaobing ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Liu, Chengfang ^a   Shi, Yaojiang ^b   Miller, Grant ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Yu, Elaine ^d   Martorell, Reynaldo ^d  

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

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Primary school students; Rural China

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053055830     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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