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Age and altitude of residence determine anemia prevalence in Peruvian 6 to 35 months old children

BACKGROUND: A Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES, for Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar in Spanish) is carried out annually in Peru. Based on it, the anemia prevalence was 43.6% in 2016 and 43.8% in 2017 using the WHO cutoff value of 11 g/dL and the altitude-correction equation. OBJE...

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Autores principales: Accinelli, Roberto Alfonso, Leon-Abarca, Juan Alonso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6961872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31940318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226846