Clinical pallor is useful to detect severe anemia in populations where anemia is prevalent and severe

General Info

Geography

Nepal (NPL)

United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)

Time period covered

January, 1996 - December, 1996

Data type

Scientific literature

Keywords

Anemia, Aplastic and other non-nutritional anemias, Hemoglobin, Hemolytic anemias, Prevalence

Citation

Authors

Stoltzfus RJ, Edward-Raj A, Dreyfuss ML, Albonico M, Montresor A, Dhoj Thapa M, West KP Jr, Chwaya HM, Savioli L, Tielsch J

Journal

J Nutr

Pages

1675-81

Publication year

1999

Suggested citation

Stoltzfus RJ, Edward-Raj A, Dreyfuss ML, Albonico M, Montresor A, Dhoj Thapa M, West KP Jr, Chwaya HM, Savioli L, Tielsch J. Clinical pallor is useful to detect severe anemia in populations where anemia is prevalent and severe. J Nutr. 1999; 129(9): 1675-81.