Prevalence and severity of anemia among school children in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

BMC Hematology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Assefa, Selomon ^a   Mossie, Andualem ^b   Hamza, Leja ^b  

^a AMBO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemoglobin; Prevalence; School children

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84946544396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1839-14-3     Document Type: Article

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