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New SCI Paper《HIGH ANEMIA PREVALENCE IN WESTERN CHINA》
Release date：2011/10/27 Source： ccap
HIGH ANEMIA PREVALENCE IN WESTERN CHINARenfu Luo, Xiaobing Wang,Linxiu Zhang,Chengfang Liu, Yaojiang Shi,Grant Miller, Scott Rozelle, Elaine Yu and Reynaldo Martorell
Abstract. We assessed the prevalence of anemia among schoolchildren in western China as determined by seven cross-sectional surveys involving 12,768 children aged 8-12 years. Subjects were selected randomly from 283 primary schools in 41 economically disadvantaged counties of Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Sichuan Provinces. Data were collected through questionnaires and hemoglobin levels were measured. The anemia prevalence was 34% using the WHO hemoglobin cutoff of <120 g/l. Boarding students and girls were more likely to be anemic. The prevalence of anemia in schoolchildren was high. Iron defciency is a signifcant nutrition issue in China.
Keywords: anemia, primary school students, rural China
Attachment:Luo etal_SAJTMPH_2011_Hi Anemia in western China.pdf
