Determinants of nutritional anemia in adolescents

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 867-869

  Thomas, Deena ^a,b   Chandra, Jagdish ^a   Sharma, Sunita ^a   Jain, Anju ^a   Pemde, Harish K ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Folic acid; Iron deficiency; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ANEMIA; VEGETARIAN DIET; AGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIA; REFERENCE VALUE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84945298286     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-015-0734-7     Document Type: Article

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