Burden of anemia and its underlying causes in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Journal of Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2021, Pages

  Safiri, Saeid ^a,b   Kolahi, Ali Asghar ^c   Noori, Maryam ^d   Nejadghaderi, Seyed Aria ^e,f   Karamzad, Nahid ^g   Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^h   Sullman, Mark J M ⁱ   Abdollahi, Morteza ^c   Collins, Gary S ^j,k   Kaufman, Jay S ^l   Grieger, Jessica A ^m,n  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f Universal Scientific Education and Research Network   (Iran)

^g TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Anemia; Epidemiology; Global burden of disease; Prevalence; Years lived with disability

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE BURDEN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; POINT PREVALENCE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS; TREND STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YEARS LIVED WITH DISABILITY; ZAMBIA; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; FEMALE; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85118692820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13045-021-01202-2     Document Type: Article

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