Malnutrition and iron deficiency in lactating women in urban slum communities from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 191-194

  Haidar, J ^a   Muroki, N M ^b   Omwega, A M ^b   Ayana, G ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042384906     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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