Anemia and associated factors among school-age children in Filtu Town, Somali region, Southeast Ethiopia

BMC Hematology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gutema, Bekele ^a   Adissu, Wondimagegn ^b   Asress, Yaregal ^b   Gedefaw, Lealem ^b  

^a Filtu District Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84938690899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1839-14-13     Document Type: Article

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