Burden of anemia among indigenous populations

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 693-719

  Khambalia, Amina Z ^a,b   Aimone, Ashley M ^c   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^d  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginals; Anemia; Epidemiology; Indigenous; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ABORIGINE; ANEMIA; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GUATEMALA; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KENYA; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

ANEMIA; DIET; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 82955211288     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00437.x     Document Type: Review

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