Abstract
A survey on the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia was performed in 1160 pediatric out-patients of the General Hospital in Surabaya. Criteria for anemia were hemoglobin concentrations of less than 10, 11 and 12 g% for the age groups of 6 mth to 2 yr (I), 2 to 5 yr (II) and 5 to 12 yr (III), respectively. Criteria for Fe-deficiency among the anemic children were serum transferrin saturation of less than 16% and a bone marrow devoid of iron. In group I 12.8% of the children had Fe-deficiency anemia, in group II 10.7% and in group III 7.6%. The overall prevalence of anemia was 14.2% and of iron deficiency anemia 9.8%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 337-342 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Tropical and Geographical Medicine |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1978 |
