Haemoglobin thresholds to define anaemia in a national sample of healthy children and adolescents aged 1–19 years in India: a population-based study

Haemoglobin thresholds to define anaemia in a national sample of healthy children and adolescents aged 1–19 years in India: a population-based study

Summary: Background: WHO's haemoglobin cutoffs to define anemia were based on five studies of predominantly White adult populations, done over 50 years ago. Therefore, a general re-examination of the existing haemoglobin cutoffs is warranted for global application, in representative healthy po...

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Main Authors:	Harshpal Singh Sachdev, ProfMD, Akash Porwal, MPS, Rajib Acharya, PhD, Sana Ashraf, MSc, Sowmya Ramesh, MPH, Nizamuddin Khan, PhD, Umesh Kapil, ProfMD, Anura V Kurpad, ProfFRCP, Avina Sarna, MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:	The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X21000772

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