Prevalence and risk factors of anemia among adolescents in Denizli, Turkey

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-81

  Balci, Yasemin Işik ^a   Karabulut, Aysun ^a   Gürses, Dolunay ^a   Çövüt, Ibrahim Ethem ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anemia; Ferritin; Traditional eating

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MENTAL HEALTH; PARASITOSIS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PREVALENCE; RED MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84867541166     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: 20082150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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