Prevalence of Nutritional Deficiencies Among Populations of Newly Arriving Government Assisted Refugee Children to Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
| Autor: | Carolyn Beukeboom, Neil Arya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Epidemiology Anemia Refugee Somali 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Prevalence Vitamin D and neurology Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Vitamin B12 Child Retrospective Studies Ontario Refugees Government 030109 nutrition & dietetics business.industry Public health Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Vitamin B 12 Deficiency Vitamin D Deficiency medicine.disease language.human_language Malnutrition Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool language Female Deficiency Diseases business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 20:1317-1323 |
| ISSN: | 1557-1920 1557-1912 |
| Popis: | This study examined the variation among ethnic populations in prevalence of anemia, vitamin D and B12 deficiencies among refugee children. A retrospective chart review of 388 government assisted refugee children ≤ 16 years of age, seen at the Refugee Health Clinic in Kitchener, Canada from January 2009 to December 2014 was conducted. Vitamin D levels were only collected until December 1st 2010 (116 children). 15.7% were anemic (25% |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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