Anemia in children under five years old in eastern cuba, 2005-2011

MEDICC Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-23

  Pita Rodríguez, Gisela M ^a   Jiménez, Santa ^b   Basabe, Beatriz ^b   García, René G ^c   Macías, Consuelo ^b   Selva, Lisette ^d   Hernández, Clarisa ^d   Cruz, Margarita ^d   Herrera, Roxana ^d   O'Farrill, Regla ^d   Calderius, Isabel ^d   Paulí, Karelia ^e   Leyva, Moraima ^d   Arocha, Caridad ^b   Herrera, Dania ^b  

^a Nutrition and Food Hygiene Institute (INHA)   (Cuba)

^b INHA   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^d Provincial Centre for Epidemiology and Hygiene   (Cuba)

^e Center of Epidemiology and Hygiene   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Anemia; Breastfeeding; Child daycare centers; Children; Cuba; Infants; Preschool

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX; URBAN AREA;

ANEMIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84893305224     PISSN: 15557960     EISSN: 15273172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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