Global, regional, and national trends in haemoglobin concentration and prevalence of total and severe anaemia in children and pregnant and non-pregnant women for 1995–2011: a systematic analysis of population-representative data

Global, regional, and national trends in haemoglobin concentration and prevalence of total and severe anaemia in children and pregnant and non-pregnant women for 1995–2011: a systematic analysis of population-representative data

Background: Low haemoglobin concentrations and anaemia are important risk factors for the health and development of women and children. We estimated trends in the distributions of haemoglobin concentration and in the prevalence of anaemia and severe anaemia in young children and pregnant and non-pre...

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Main Authors: Gretchen A Stevens, DSc, Mariel M Finucane, PhD, Luz Maria De-Regil, DrSc, Christopher J Paciorek, PhD, Seth R Flaxman, BA, Francesco Branca, PhD, Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas, MD, Prof. Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD, Prof. Majid Ezzati, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-07-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X13700019

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