Mean hemoglobin levels in venous blood samples and prevalence of anemia in Japanese elementary and junior high school students

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-235

  Igarashi, Toru ^a   Itoh, Yasuhiko ^a   Maeda, Miho ^a   Igarashi, Tsutomu ^a   Fukunaga, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Elementary school; Mean hemoglobin levels; Middle school; Nuclear power

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VEINS;

EID: 84863530496     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.79.232     Document Type: Article

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