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ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2023

Accelerating action to reduce anemia: Review of causes and risk factors and related data needs.

Sonja Y Hess, Aatekah Owais, Maria Elena D Jefferds, Melissa F Young, Andrew Cahill, Lisa M Rogers

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Review in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
18.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Prevalence of Anemia in Reproductive-age Females (15-49 Years) from Indian Indigenous Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026
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  13. The value of an ecological approach to address micronutrient malnutrition.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Sonja Y HessInstitute for Global Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Aatekah OwaisCentre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children on behalf of Exemplars in Global Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Maria Elena D JefferdsNutrition Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Melissa F YoungHubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Andrew CahillGates Ventures on behalf of Exemplars in Global Health, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Lisa M RogersDepartment of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
BIO Ventures for Global Health · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USEmory University · USMicron (United States) · USSickKids Foundation · CAWorld Health Organization · CH

Funding

CDC HHSIntramural CDC HHS CC999999World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anemia is a major public health concern. Young children, menstruating adolescent girls and women, and pregnant women are among the most vulnerable. Anemia is the consequence of a wide range of causes, including biological, socioeconomic, and ecological risk factors. Primary causes include: iron deficiency; inherited red blood cell disorders; infections, such as soil-transmitted helminthiasis, schistosomiasis, and malaria; gynecological and obstetric conditions; and other chronic diseases that lead to blood loss, decreased erythropoiesis, or destruction of erythrocytes. The most vulnerable population groups in low- and middle-income countries are often at the greatest risk to suffer from several of these causes simultaneously as low socioeconomic status is linked with an increased risk of anemia through multiple pathways. Targeted and effective action is needed to prevent anemia. Understanding the causes and risk factors of anemia for different population subgroups within a country guides the design and implementation of effective strategies to prevent and treat anemia. A coordinated approach across various expert groups and programs could make the best use of existing data or could help to determine when newer and more relevant data may need to be collected, especially in countries with a high anemia burden and limited information on the etiology of anemia.

Indexed as

AnemiaAnemia, Iron-DeficiencyIron DeficienciesMalariaAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansPregnancyRisk Factorsanemiaanemia of inflammationiron deficiency anemianon-nutritional anemianutritional anemia

Identifiers

PMID36987993
PMCPMC10918744
OpenAlexW4361283882

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