Community-based screening for infantile anemia in an okinawan Village, Japan

Anemia

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hokama, Tomiko ^a   Yogi, Chiemi ^b   Binns, Colin W ^c   Lee, Andy H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b not available   (Japan)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84873874450     PISSN: 20901267     EISSN: 20901275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/278371     Document Type: Article

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