Prevalence of anemia and its risk factors among children 6-36 months Old in Burma

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 306-311

  Zhao, Ai ^a   Zhang, Yumei ^a   Peng, Ying ^b   Li, Jiayin ^b   Yang, Titi ^a   Liu, Zhaoyan ^a   Lv, Yanli ^a   Wang, Peiyu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b Health Unlimited Organization   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYANMAR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84864885295     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0660     Document Type: Article

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