Prevalence of anemia in a sample of elderly southeastern Brazilians

Objective: To demonstrate the proportion of anemia and its association with demographic and clinical characteristics in a representative sample of elderly people from São José dos Campos, São Paulo. Methods: Demographic data and blood samples were collected from 398 over 65-year-old male and female...

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Main Authors: Fernando Callera, Alexandra Fernandes Callera, Adriano Moraes da Silva, Evandro Secchi Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842015000100043&lng=en&tlng=en