Iron deficiency anaemia prevalence in a population of immigrated women in Italy

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-262

  Morrone, Aldo ^a   Nosotti, Lorenzo ^a   Piombo, Laura ^a   Scardella, Paola ^a   Spada, Raffaella ^a   Pitidis, Alessio ^b  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Italian National Institute of Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84859797546     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq144     Document Type: Article

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