Hookworms, malaria and vitamin a deficiency contribute to anemia and iron deficiency among pregnant women in the plains of Nepal

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2527-2536

  Dreyfuss, Michele L ^a,d   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a   Shrestha, Jaya B ^b   Pradhan, Elizabeth K ^a   LeClerq, Steven C ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^b   Shrestha, Sharada R ^b   Katz, Joanne ^a   Albonico, Marco ^c   West Jr , Keith P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Nepal Eye Hospital   (Nepal)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Nepal; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; WORM INFECTION;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; VERMES;

EID: 0033798517     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.10.2527     Document Type: Article

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