Anemia prevalence, severity, types, and correlates among adult women and men in a multiethnic Iranian population: the Khuzestan Comprehensive Health Study (KCHS)

• Main Authors: Elham Akbarpour (Author), Yousef Paridar (Author), Zahra Mohammadi (Author), Ali Mard (Author), Leila Danehchin (Author), Farhad Abolnezhadian (Author), Shima Azadpour (Author), Zahra Rahimi (Author), Mohammad Zamani (Author), Bahman Cheraghian (Author), Hossein Poustchi (Author), Ali-Akbar Shayesteh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite all recent health-related improvements, anemia remains an extensive global public health issue affecting the lives of about one-fourth of the world population in a geographically heterogeneous pattern. We, therefore, aimed to illustrate the prevalence, severity, most comm...