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Haemoglobin thresholds to define anaemia in a national sample of healthy children and adolescents aged 1-19 years in India: a population-based study

Summary: Background: WHO's haemoglobin cutoffs to define anemia were based on five studies of predominantly White adult populations, done over 50 years ago. Therefore, a general re-examination of the existing haemoglobin cutoffs is warranted for global application, in representative healthy pop...

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Main Authors:	Harshpal Singh Sachdev, ProfMD (Author), Akash Porwal, MPS (Author), Rajib Acharya, PhD (Author), Sana Ashraf, MSc (Author), Sowmya Ramesh, MPH (Author), Nizamuddin Khan, PhD (Author), Umesh Kapil, ProfMD (Author), Anura V Kurpad, ProfFRCP (Author), Avina Sarna, MD (Author)
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Published:	Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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