Low prevalence of anemia in children aged 19 to 72 months in Chile

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 308-311

  Brito, Alex ^a,b   Hertrampf, Eva ^a   Olivares, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chile; Hemoglobin; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anemia; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MILK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; VALPARAISO [CHILE];

EID: 84873650808     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651203300411     Document Type: Article

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