Risk factors for iron deficiency anaemia in preschool children in northern Ethiopia
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Risk factors for iron deficiency anaemia in preschool children in northern Ethiopia.
OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors for anaemia in preschool children. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Tigray province, northern Ethiopia. SUBJECTS 2080 of 2373 children aged 6-60 months provided blood to assess anaemia. RESULTS Anaemia was highly prevalent (42%) and constituted an important nutritional problem in the region. In a sub-sample of 230 anaemic children, 56% had a lo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980099000336