Anemia and associated factors among adolescent girls living in Aw-Barre refugee camp, Somali regional state, Southeast Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Engidaw, Melaku Tadege ^a   Wassie, Molla Mesele ^b   Teferra, Alemayehu Shimeka ^b  

^a DEBRE TABOR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE CAMP; RISK FACTOR; SOMALIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE CAMPS; RISK FACTORS; SOMALIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85054714979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205381     Document Type: Article

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