Anemia and Undernutrition Among Preschool Children in Uttar Pradesh, India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 985-990

  Awasthi, Shally ^a   Das, Rohini ^b   Verma, Tuhina ^b   Vir, Shiela ^b  

^a Institute of Clinical Epidemiology   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Preschool children; Rural; Stunting; Underweight

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL POPULATION; SHORT STATURE;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0142022962     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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