Anaemia in South Africa: The past, the present and the future

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 166-167

  Visser, Janicke ^a   Herselman, Marietjie ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; AWARENESS; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84892182842     PISSN: 16070658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2013.11734467     Document Type: Editorial

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