Prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia among school children in Kenitra, Northwest of Morocco

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 191-195

  Achouri, I ^a   Aboussaleh, Y ^a   Sbaibi, R ^a   Ahami, A ^a   El Hioui, M ^a  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron deficiency; Morocco; School children

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOROCCO; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MOROCCO; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938771459     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2015.191.195     Document Type: Article

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