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Prevalence and Predictors of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children under Five Years of Age in Pakistan, A Secondary Analysis of National Nutrition Survey Data 2011–2012

BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency Anemia (IDA) in children is a recognized public health problem that impacts adversely on child morbidity, mortality and impairs cognitive development. In Pakistan information on the true prevalence and predictors of IDA is limited. This study sought to investigate IDA in...

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Autores principales: Habib, Muhammad Atif, Black, Kirsten, Soofi, Sajid Bashir, Hussain, Imtiaz, Bhatti, Zaid, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Raynes-Greenow, Camille
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4865153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27171139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155051