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The silent burden of anaemia in Tanzanian children: a community-based study

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      The World Health Organization, 2003.
    • الموضوع:
      2003
    • Collection:
      LCC:Public aspects of medicine
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      OBJECTIVE: To document the prevalence, age-distribution, and risk factors for anaemia in Tanzanian children less than 5 years old, thereby assisting in the development of effective strategies for controlling anaemia. METHODS: Cluster sampling was used to identify 2417 households at random from four contiguous districts in south-eastern United Republic of Tanzania in mid-1999. Data on various social and medical parameters were collected and analysed. FINDINGS: Blood haemoglobin concentrations (Hb) were available for 1979 of the 2131 (93%) children identified and ranged from 1.7 to 18.6 g/dl. Overall, 87% (1722) of children had an Hb
    • File Description:
      electronic resource
    • ISSN:
      0042-9686
    • Relation:
      http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862003000800008; https://doaj.org/toc/0042-9686
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsdoj.bfe99634a0c6453cbe6d086ef46030ce