A Nutritional Profile of Non-Pregnant Women from the Slums of Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-224

  Rahman, Shafiqur ^a,c   Hilderbrand, Katherine ^b   Kolsteren, Patrick ^b   Diniz, Alcides ^c  

^a Dinajpur Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

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EID: 0032827801     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559902900410     Document Type: Article

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