Prevalence of anemia in children 6-59 months old in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
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Prevalence of anemia in children 6-59 months old in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of anemia in children 6-59 months old in Pernambuco, a state in northeastern Brazil, so as to help guide health and nutrition policies there. METHODS In 1997 a representative sample of 777 young children had their hemoglobin concentration measured. The sampling process was in three stages. First, 18 municipalities were randomly selected to represent the s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1020-4989
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892001000800005