Challenges in detection of adolescent anaemia: validation of point-of-care device (Mission® plus) for haemoglobin measurement among tribal residential school children of selected districts of Odisha, India

• Main Authors: Jyotiranjan Sahoo (Author), Venkatarao Epari (Author), Sandeep Kumar Panigrahi (Author), Deepa Prasad (Author), Rajesh Kumar Bhola (Author), Sambedana Mohanty (Author), Braja Kishore Behera (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Screening for anemia among tribal school children has been a challenge. Objectives: To validate a point-of-care (POC) device (mission® plus hemoglobinometer) to the gold standard method, spectrophotometry. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants: The representative sample of 95...