Anaemia and vitamin A deficiency in poor urban pregnant women of Bangladesh

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 460-466

  Ahmed, Faruk ^a   Mahmuda, Ismat ^b   Sattar, Abeda ^b   Akhtaruzzaman, Md ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Bangladesh; Haemoglobin; Pregnant women; Serum retinol; Urban poor; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MILK; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUMPKIN; RANDOMIZATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 3042850426     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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