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Iron deficiency is a more important cause of anemia than hemoglobinopathies in Kuwaiti adolescent girls.

The Journal of nutrition - 1 May 2000

Jackson R T, Al-Mousa Z

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Anemia is the most prevalent nutritional problem worldwide, due mainly to iron deficiency. Studies of anemia are less common in adolescents than in women and children. We examined anemia prevalence in adolescent Kuwaiti schoolgirls, and its association with hemoglobinopathies as well as the most common environmental cause, Fe deficiency. A cross-sectional sample of 1051 healthy adolescent schoolgirls was studied....

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PMID: 10801921
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.5.1212

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