Anemia among children aged 2-5 years in the Gaza Strip- Palestinian: A cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  El Kishawi, Rima Rafiq ^a   Soo, Kah Leng ^b   Abed, Yehia Awad ^a   Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Manan ^b  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Associated factors; Hemoglobin; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARAB; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84926465518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1652-2     Document Type: Article

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