Anemia and related factors in preschool children in the southern rural Lao People's Democratic Republic

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Kounnavong, Sengchanh ^a   Sunahara, Toshihiko ^b   Hashizume, Masahiro ^b   Okumura, Junko ^b   Moji, Kazuhiko ^c   Boupha, Boungnong ^a   Yamamoto, Taro ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Lao PDR; Potential factors; Preschool children; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84863144998     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2011-13     Document Type: Article

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