Relationship between pica and iron nutrition in Johannesburg Black adults

On direct questioning by a Black staff nurse, 23% of 348 consecutive unselected adult outpatients attending the Johannesburg Non-European Hospital said that they regularly ate earth or ash.

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Veröffentlicht in:	South African medical journal 1974-08, Vol.48 (39), p.1655-1660
1. Verfasser:	Sayers, G., Lipschitz, D.A., Sayers, M., Seftel, H.C., Bothwell, T.H. & Charlton, R.W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult African Americans African Continental Ancestry Group Black population Dietetics Female Humans Intestinal Absorption Iron - analysis Iron - metabolism Iron nutrition Iron Radioisotopes Johannesburg Male Motivation Nutrition Pica Pica - epidemiology Pica - metabolism Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology Psychology Radiology Sex Factors Soil - analysis South Africa Thematic Apperception Test
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Zusammenfassung:	On direct questioning by a Black staff nurse, 23% of 348 consecutive unselected adult outpatients attending the Johannesburg Non-European Hospital said that they regularly ate earth or ash.
ISSN:	0256-9574 2078-5135