Characterisation of the types of anaemia prevalent among children and adolescents aged 1–19 years in India: a population-based study

The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 515-525

  Sarna, Avina ^a   Porwal, Akash ^a   Ramesh, Sowmya ^a   Agrawal, Praween K ^b   Acharya, Rajib ^a   Johnston, Robert ^b   Khan, Nizamuddin ^a   Sachdev, H P S ^c   Nair, K Madhavan ^d   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy ^e   Abraham, Ransi ^e   Deb, Sila ^f   Khera, Ajay ^f   Saxena, Renu ^g  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^g Medanta ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PEDIATRIC PATIENT; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85086467595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30094-8     Document Type: Article

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