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Proportion of anemia attributable to iron deficiency in high-altitude infant populations

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to be grateful to faculties from Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, with the authorities and personnel of the health facilities in Puno who provided support to perform the study in Puno. We acknowledge Dr. Wenceslao Medina, Vice President of Research of the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, for sharing the database with Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. We also acknowledge to mothers of the study in Puno for their cooperation during the work of field.

Funding

The present study was funded by the Vice-Rectorate of Research of the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Peru. The source did not participate in the database preparation or the manuscript.

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  1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Peru

    B. Maritza Choque-Quispe

  2. High Altitude Research Institute, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

    Valeria Paz & Gustavo F. Gonzales

  3. Department of Biological and Physiological Sciences, Laboratory of Investigation and Development (LID), Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

    Valeria Paz & Gustavo F. Gonzales

  4. Endocrinology and Reproduction Laboratory, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, 430 Honorio Delgado Ave, Lima, Peru

    Gustavo F. Gonzales

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M.C.H., V.P., and G.F.G. conceived the article; M.C.H. performed the blood analysis; G.F.G. and V.P. drafted the manuscript; and M.C.H., V.P., and G.F.G. critically reviewed and contributed to the final version.

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Correspondence to Gustavo F. Gonzales.

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The study in Puno involved human participants. The procedures performed in the mentioned study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 as revised in 2008. GFG and VP did not participate in any study involving human beings presented in the present article. IRB at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia approved the study using database.

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Choque-Quispe, B., Paz, V. & Gonzales, G.F. Proportion of anemia attributable to iron deficiency in high-altitude infant populations. Ann Hematol 98, 2601–2603 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-019-03823-7

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