Anemia in Mexican women: a public health problem Anemia en mujeres mexicanas: un problema de salud pública

• Main Authors: Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author), Salvador Villalpando (Author), Juan A. Rivera (Author), Fabiola Mejía-Rodríguez (Author), Martha Camacho-Cisneros (Author), Eric A Monterrubio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to quantify the prevalence and distribution of anemia among women of childbearing age (12 to 49 years) participating in the 1999 National Nutrition Survey (NNS-1999). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The survey had a probabilistic design and was representative at the nat...