TY - JOUR A2 - Maggio, Aurelio AU - Lachi, Tatiana AU - Reis, Cássia Barbosa PY - 2011 DA - 2011/08/13 TI - Frequency of Anemia in the Patients of a Family Health Team in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil SP - 836184 VL - 2011 AB - Anemia is a clinical manifestation with high prevalence in the world, reaching about 30% of the total inhabitants of the planet. It is responsible for a great reduction in quality of life of affected people. The present paper aimed to obtain the frequency of anemia in the blood counts of a sample from the population of registered patients of a Family Health Team in Dourados, MS, Brazil. 462 patients, who had blood counts done from February 2008 to March 2009, were included in this research. The frequency of anemia was 22.7% in the studied population, including all age groups. SN - 2090-1267 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/836184 DO - 10.1155/2011/836184 JF - Anemia PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -