Prevalence of anemia in infants under the age of 6 months being treated at a primary care setting in the city of la Plata, Argentina;Prevalencia de anemia en lactantes menores de 6 meses asistidos en un centro de atención primaria de la ciudad de la Plata

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-125

  Ianicelli, Juan Carlos ^a   Varea, Ana ^a   Falivene, Mariana ^a   Disalvo, Liliana ^a   Apezteguía, María ^a   González, Horacio F ^a  

^a Hospital de Ninos Sor Maria Ludovica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anemia; Argentina; Lactation; Low resources

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANEMIA; ARGENTINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859546050     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2012.120     Document Type: Article

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