%0 Journal Article
%T Incidence of anemia based on haemoglobin levels in children 2-12 years of aged in Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal
%A Amar Kumar Sinha
%A Biswajit Majumdar
%J Journal of Nobel Medical College
%P 36-38
%D 2011
%R 10.3126/jonmc.v1i2.7297
%X Haemoglobin levels were used to estimate the incidence of anaemia in children 2-12 years old in the population of Biratnagar, Morang Dist., Nepal. who were attending Nobel Medical College & teaching hospital. Out of 5063 subjects, 634 childrenĄ¯s were selectively diagnosed as anaemia. Among the 2406 childrenĄ¯s aged 2-6 years 5.4% were diagnosed with mild anaemia,2.7% moderate anaemia and 1.7% severe anaemia (WHO definition) of 2657 childrenĄ¯s aged 7-12 years,10.2% were diagnosed with mild anaemia, 3.1% moderate anaemia and 1.3% severe anaemia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v1i2.7297 Journal of Nobel Medical College (2012), Vol.1 No.2 p.36-38
%K Incidence
%K Prevalence
%K Anaemia
%U http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JoNMC/article/view/7297