Prevalence of anaemia among adolescent girls in the urban slums of Vellore, south India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-169

  Choudhary, Abha ^a   Moses, Prabhakar D ^a   Mony, Premkumar ^b   Mathai, Mathews ^c  

^a Department of Child Health ^*  (India)

^b Low Cost Effective Care Unit (LCECU)   (India)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33746693248     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947506777978253     Document Type: Article

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