Epidemiology of iron deficiency anaemia in four European countries: a population-based study in primary care

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 583-593

  Levi, Miriam ^a,b   Rosselli, Matteo ^c   Simonetti, Monica ^a   Brignoli, Ovidio ^a   Cancian, Maurizio ^a   Masotti, Adriana ^d   Pegoraro, Valeria ^e   Cataldo, Nazarena ^e   Heiman, Franca ^e   Chelo, Manuela ^a   Cricelli, Iacopo ^a   Cricelli, Claudio ^a   Lapi, Francesco ^a  

^a Italian Society of General Practitioner and Primary Care (SIMG)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Transfusion Medicine   (Italy)

^e IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

determinants; Europe; incidence rate; iron deficiency anaemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VERY ELDERLY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973885439     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12776     Document Type: Article

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