Discovering anaemia at child health clinics.
Open Access
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 65 (8) , 892-894
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.65.8.892
Abstract
Children at three inner city child health clinics were offered haemoglobin estimation by fingerprick blood test when attending for immunisation against measles. Of the 98 immunised, 92 (94%) participated in the study, together with 58 other children. Anaemia (haemoglobin concentration less than 110 g/l) was found in 33 of 130 overall (25%), and in 17 of 44 Asian children (39%). The method of testing was acceptable to parents and staff.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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