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Iron Deficiency Still Common Among South Asian And Chinese Women In The U.K.
2001 MAY 10 - (NewsRx Network) -- Lack of awareness of the link between anemia and diet may partly explain why anemia remains more common among women of South Asian and Chinese ethnic origin in the United Kingdom than in women of European ethnic origin, suggests a study in the April 19, 2001, issue of the British Medical Journal.
Researchers at the University of Newcastle, led by Raj Bhopal, professor of Public Health, assessed the prevalence of anemia in South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi) and Chinese ethnic groups, using data from the Newcastle heart project.
The researchers found the prevalence of anemia was similar among men of all ethnic groups. However, anemia was three times more prevalent in South Asian women than in European women and twice as prevalent in Chinese women than in European women ...
- Iron Deficiency Still Common Among South Asian And Chinese Women In The U.K.
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...Boats had replaced rickshaws as the main means of transport and the sewerage system had collapsed, creating a risk to public health, BSS said. The flood situation in the district of Dhaka will deteriorate further, a Flood Warning Center bulletin said...
