Nutritional causes of anemia in Mexican children under 5 years: results from the 2006 National Health and Nutrition Survey Causas nutricionales de anemia en niños menores de 5 años: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2006

• Main Authors: Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora (Author), Salvador Villalpando (Author), Rosario Rebollar (Author), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author), Ignacio Méndez-Gómez Humarán (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the frequency and severity of anemia and the nutritional variables associated to hemoglobin levels (Hb) in children <5 years of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied 981 children measuring hemoglobin and serum concentrations of ferritin, soluble transferrin receptors (sTfR...