Prevalence and predictors of anemia in a population of North Indian children

Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 531-537

  Kumar, Tivendra ^a   Taneja, Sunita ^b   Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^c   Bhandari, Nita ^b   Strand, Tor A ^d   Mahesh, Madhu ^a   Mohan, Sanjana ^a   Rafiqi, Farhana A ^a   Kaur, Baljeet ^a  

^a Society for Essential Health Action and Training   (India)

^b SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anemia; Folate; Hemoglobin; Homocysteine; STfR

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; IRON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84897401060     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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