Causes of recurrent or persistent anemia in older people from the results of the São Paulo Ageing & Health Study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 204-208

  Santos, Itamar S ^a   Scazufca, Márcia ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Menezes, Paulo R ^a   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Anemia; Epidemiology; Hematology

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ANEMIA; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84871949226     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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