Prevalence of anaemia in jenukuruba primitive tribal children of Mysore district, Karnataka

Prabhakar Jai, S. C. and Gangadhar, M. R. (2009) Prevalence of anaemia in jenukuruba primitive tribal children of Mysore district, Karnataka. Anthropologist, 11 (1). pp. 49-51. ISSN 0972-0073

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Abstract

A study on the prevalence of anaemia was conducted among Jenukuruba primitive tribal children of Mysore district, Karnataka state. For the present study 175 children ranging in age group 6-10 years were selected and estimated the haemoglobin level by cyanmethaemoglobin method. The study revealed that, 36.57% of children were moderately anaemic, 26.29 per cent were mildly anaemic and 14.86 percent severely anaemic. On the whole 77.71% were suffering from different forms of anaemia. Prevalence of anaemia was more among the girls than boys.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Jenukuruba; Tribal Children; Anaemia; Haemoglobin
Subjects: A Arts and Humanities > Anthropology
Divisions: Department of > Anthropology
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Date Deposited: 29 Aug 2019 05:30
Last Modified: 29 Aug 2019 05:30
URI: http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/7286

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