Iron deficiency anemia is not a rare problem among women of reproductive ages in Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study.

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Published in BMC Blood Disord on September 07, 2009

Authors

Jemal A Haidar1, Rebecca S Pobocik

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, P,O, Box: 27285/1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. hjemal@gmail.com

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