Prophylaxis for iron deficiency anemia using ferrous sulfate among infants followed up at a primary healthcare unit in the municipality of Embu-SP (2003/2004)

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Iron deficiency anemia is an important public health problem in Brazil. In the municipality of Embu, a population study in 1996 found anemia prevalence of 68.5% among children aged one to two years. From these data, prescription of prophylactic ferrous sulfate was instituted i...

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Main Authors: André Fernando Shibukawa, Edina Mariko Koga da Silva, Wilson André Ichiki, Maria Wany Louzada Strufaldi, Rosana Fiorini Puccini
Formáid: Artigo
Teanga:Inglês
Foilsithe: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Sraith:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Anemia, iron-deficiency
Ferrous sulfate
Child care
Disease prevention
Primary health care
Rochtain Ar Líne:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802008000200006&lng=en&tlng=en
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