Prevalence of anemia among elderly persons residing in old age homes in national capital territory, Delhi, India

• Main Authors: Abhishek Pathania (Author), Partha Haldar (Author), Shashi Kant (Author), Sanjeev Kumar Gupta (Author), Chandrakant S Pandav (Author), Damodar Bachani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Anemia is a common morbidity in elderly persons (aged 60 years or above). In India, in recent years, the number of old age homes (OAHs) and the residents living in them has increased significantly. Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anemia among elderly pe...