Prevalence of and factors associated with anemia in school children from Maceió, northeastern Brazil

• Main Authors: Haroldo da Silva Ferreira (Author), Myrtis Katille de Assunção Bezerra (Author), Monica Lopes de Assunção (Author), Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Anemia is a major public health problem in preschool children in Alagoas, Brazil, especially in the younger population, because of a positive correlation between hemoglobin level and age. However, due to the lack of studies, it is not known how widespread this condition is among...