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Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia in the Northern and Southern Provinces of Rwanda

BACKGROUND: Anemia remains a public health problem in Rwanda, affecting 38% of young children and 17% of reproductive-aged women (Demographic and Health Survey [DHS] 2010). The importance of iron deficiency (ID) as a cause of anemia in Rwanda is not known. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to estimate the prevale...

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Autores principales: Angel, Moira Donahue, Berti, Peter, Siekmans, Kendra, Tugirimana, Pierrot Lundimu, Boy, Erick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28826251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0379572117723134