Anaemia among Egyptian Children between 2000 and 2005: Trends and predictors

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 522-532

  Austin, Anne M ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie ^a   Hill, Allan G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Child nutrition; Egypt; Iron fortification

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865729282     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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