Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society

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Autor(a) principal: Coutinho,Geraldo Gaspar Paes Leme
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Goloni-Bertollo,Eny Maria, Bertelli,Érika Cristina Pavarino
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: São Paulo medical journal (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802005000200011
Resumo: Iron deficiency anemia is the principal nutritional dearth in the world, and it especially affects children and pregnant women in developing countries. This paper presents a survey of the literature in this area, with the aim of providing a brief overview regarding the occurrence of iron deficiency anemia in Brazil. The article describes the etiology of the disease, the risk groups, the high prevalence of anemia in several areas of Brazil, and also the consequences of iron deficiency in children. The paper also shows some ways to control iron deficiency anemia and some intervention programs applied in Brazilian cities for curing and/or preventing this disease. The article concludes by emphasizing the need to establish strategies and treatments in our country that are based on a policy that brings together not only governmental administration but also all the community.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society
title Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society
spellingShingle Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society
Coutinho,Geraldo Gaspar Paes Leme
Public health
Iron deficiency anemia
Child
Strategies
title_short Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society
title_full Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society
title_fullStr Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society
title_full_unstemmed Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society
title_sort Iron deficiency anemia in children: a challenge for public health and for society
author Coutinho,Geraldo Gaspar Paes Leme
author_facet Coutinho,Geraldo Gaspar Paes Leme
Goloni-Bertollo,Eny Maria
Bertelli,Érika Cristina Pavarino
author_role author
author2 Goloni-Bertollo,Eny Maria
Bertelli,Érika Cristina Pavarino
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Coutinho,Geraldo Gaspar Paes Leme
Goloni-Bertollo,Eny Maria
Bertelli,Érika Cristina Pavarino
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Public health
Iron deficiency anemia
Child
Strategies
topic Public health
Iron deficiency anemia
Child
Strategies
description Iron deficiency anemia is the principal nutritional dearth in the world, and it especially affects children and pregnant women in developing countries. This paper presents a survey of the literature in this area, with the aim of providing a brief overview regarding the occurrence of iron deficiency anemia in Brazil. The article describes the etiology of the disease, the risk groups, the high prevalence of anemia in several areas of Brazil, and also the consequences of iron deficiency in children. The paper also shows some ways to control iron deficiency anemia and some intervention programs applied in Brazilian cities for curing and/or preventing this disease. The article concludes by emphasizing the need to establish strategies and treatments in our country that are based on a policy that brings together not only governmental administration but also all the community.
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