TY - JOUR T1 - Acceptability of screening young children for anaemia. JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 907 LP - 908 VL - 49 IS - 448 AU - C Goodhart AU - S Logan Y1 - 1999/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/49/448/907.abstract N2 - Although anaemia is common among young children and may be detrimental to health and development, few blood tests are done in this age group. We found that thumb-prick blood tests were not stressful to most young children and, despite the high mobility of the population, achieved an 81% uptake of screening for anaemia (273 out of 335 eligible children). ER -