The silent burden of anemia in school age children: A community based study in West Bengal

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 163-168

  Gupta, Soma ^a   Taraphdar, Pranita ^b   Roy, Tapobrata ^b   Haldar, Dibakar ^b   Dey, Sujit ^c   Purkait, Bulbul ^c  

^a Sagar Datta Hospital   (India)

^b R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Midnapore Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; body mass index; nutritional status

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84881097658     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.114179     Document Type: Article

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