For the purpose of prevention and improvement of Korean rural women´s anemia, the author has performed a study on the factors related to host and environment in order to acquire the basic data for public health activities from July, 1978 to September, 1978.
The summarized results were as follows
1. The prevalence of anemia was found in. 38.6%, and the mean hemoglobin, hematocrit and specific gravity level were 12.25 ±1. 79g/dl, 36.1±5.35%, 1.053±0.004 each other.
2. It was recognized and had statistically significance. that the occurrence, of anemia was markedly influenced by 3 items ; family size, yearly income per household and intensity of labor.
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