National, regional, and global estimates of anaemia by severity in women and children for 2000–19: a pooled analysis of population-representative data

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2022, Pages e627-e639

  Stevens, Gretchen A ^a,b   Paciorek, Christopher J ^c   Flores Urrutia, Monica C ^d   Borghi, Elaine ^d   Namaste, Sorrel ^e   Wirth, James P ^f   Suchdev, Parminder S ^g   Ezzati, Majid ^b,h   Rohner, Fabian ^f   Flaxman, Seth R ⁱ   Rogers, Lisa M ^d  

^a Independent Conservator and Researcher   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f Ground Work   (Switzerland)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; GLOBAL HEALTH; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANEMIA; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85128143431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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