1. Nutritional risk factors for iron-deficiency anaemia in children 12-24 months old in the area of Thessalia in Greece.
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Tympa-Psirropoulou E, Vagenas C, Psirropoulos D, Dafni O, Matala A, and Skopouli F
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- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency epidemiology, Anthropometry, Breast Feeding, Epidemiologic Methods, Feeding Behavior, Female, Greece epidemiology, Hemoglobins analysis, Humans, Infant, Male, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency etiology, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Abstract
Iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a common problem all over the world, which mainly attacks pregnant women, infants and children. The main objectives were to assess the prevalence of IDA in children 12-24 months old in the area of Thessalia located in the central part of Greece and to identify, by means of a simple questionnaire, its nutritional risk factors. The research was applied as a cross-sectional and case-control study. In the first part of the study, the haemoglobin (Hb) levels were estimated by a mobile photometer analyser in 938 children (approximately one-third of the total children population). In the second part, children with Hb?
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- 2005
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