Iron deficiency anemia in an Egyptian pediatric population: A cross-sectional study

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-31

  Al Ghwass, Mohamed M E ^a   Halawa, Eman Fawzy ^b   Sabry, Samar Mohamed ^b   Ahmed, Dalia ^b  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Egyptian; iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET; EDUCATION; EGYPTIAN; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRANSFERRIN SATURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; EGYPT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84930515385     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.148725     Document Type: Article

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