Operational problems of an iron supplementation programme for pregnant women: An assessment of UNRWA experience

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-33

  Pappagallo, S ^a,b   Bull, D L ^c  

^a Health Protection and Promotion   (Jordan)

^b UNRWA ^*  (Italy)

^c UNRWA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION; EVALUATION REPORT; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GAZA STRIP (PALESTINE); HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; IRON; METALS; NUTRITION PROGRAMS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WESTERN ASIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE EAST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0029900204     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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