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Prevalence of Anaemia and Associated Risk Factors among Children in North-western Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Despite the public health significance of anaemia in African children, its broader and often preventable risk factors remain largely under described. This study investigated, for the first time, the prevalence of childhood anaemia and its risk factors in an urban setting in Uganda. METHO...

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Autores principales:	Legason, Ismail Dragon, Atiku, Alex, Ssenyonga, Ronald, Olupot-Olupot, Peter, Barugahare, John Banson
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680644 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12878-017-0081-0

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