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Anaemia among Kenyan children: a call for improved monitoring and intervention in school-aged children

BACKGROUND: Anaemia has long been recognised as a major public health problem among young children in lower- and middle-income countries and is an indicator of both poor nutrition and health status. There has been little progress towards improvement of anaemia in part due to its complex aetiology. A...

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Autores principales:	Okiro, Emelda A, Joseph, Noel K, Gitonga, Caroline W, Snow, Robert W
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Oxford University Press 2020
Materias:	Short Communication
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7405173/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32484872 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa032

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