Anemia among primary school children in Eastern Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Mesfin, Firehiwot ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Worku, Alemayehu ^b,c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ETHIOPIA; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84930684720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123615     Document Type: Article

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