Increased prevalence and incidence of anemia among adults in transforming rural China: Two cross-sectional surveys

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Xuecai ^a   Wu, Zhaofan ^b   Chen, Yue ^c   Zhu, Jianfu ^a   Dong, Xiaolian ^a   Fu, Chaowei ^b   Jiang, Qingwu ^b  

^a Deqing County Center of Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anemia; Incidence; Prevalence; Rural China

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEMIA; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955707961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2671-8     Document Type: Article

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