Iron status and anaemia in Sri Lankan secondary school children: A cross-sectional survey

<p>Background: Iron deficiency, the most common micronutrient disorder and cause of anaemia globally, impairs growth, cognition, behaviour and resistance to infection.</p><p> Methods/Results: As part of a national survey of inherited haemoglobin variants in 7526 students from 72 s...

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Main Authors: Allen, A, Allen, S, Rodrigo, R, Perera, L, Shao, W, Li, C, Wang, D, Olivieri, N, Weatherall, D, Premawardhena, A
Format: Journal article
Published: Public Library of Science 2017