Diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia in children of Northeast Brazil Diagnóstico de anemia por deficiencia de hierro en niños del Noreste de Brasil Diagnóstico de anemia por deficiência de ferro em crianças do Nordeste do Brasil

• Main Authors: Antonio Geraldo Cidrão Carvalho (Author), Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira (Author), Maria de Fátima Alcântara Barros (Author), Maria Luiza Martins Aléssio (Author), Marília de Carvalho Lima (Author), Marie Annette Carbonneau (Author), Jacques Berger (Author), Claude Louis Léger (Author)
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• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To diagnose iron deficiency anemia in children. METHODS: The study was conducted with a sample of 301 children aged six to 30 months attending public daycare centers in the city of Recife, Northeast Brazil, in 2004. The diagnoses of anemia were based on a combination of different hematolo...