Open AccessPrevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Adolescent Girls in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
Rekha Kumari,
Raushan Kumar Bharti,
Kalpana Singh,
Archana Sinha,
Sudhir Kumar,
Anand Saran,
Upendra Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26163.10325
Subject(s) - iron deficiency , medicine , pediatrics , population , tertiary care , serum ferritin , ferritin , environmental health , anemia
Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA) is a global health problem. It involves population of all age group and sex. But adolescent girls are more vulnerable to it. The reasons may be increased iron demand, menstrual blood loss, infection, worm infestation etc.