Iron deficiency anemia among kindergarten children living in the marginalized areas of Gaza Strip, Palestine

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 132-138

  Sirdah, Mahmoud Mohammed ^a   Yaghi, Ayed ^b   Yaghi, Abdallah R ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Palestinian Medical Relief Society   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ferrous compounds; Iron deficiency; Microcystis

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERROUS CARBONATE; FERROUS ION; HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84899909063     PISSN: 15168484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20140030     Document Type: Article

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