Underlying factors associated with anemia in Amazonian children: a population-based, cross-sectional study.

<h4>Background</h4>Although iron deficiency is considered to be the main cause of anemia in children worldwide, other contributors to childhood anemia remain little studied in developing countries. We estimated the relative contributions of different factors to anemia in a population-bas...

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Main Authors: Marly A Cardoso, Kézia K G Scopel, Pascoal T Muniz, Eduardo Villamor, Marcelo U Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22574149/?tool=EBI