Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women and adolescent girls in 16 districts of India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-315

  Toteja, G S ^a   Singh, Padam ^a   Dhillon, B S ^a   Saxena, B N ^a   Ahmed, F U ^b   Singh, R P ^c   Prakash, Balendu ^d   Vijayaraghavan, K ^e   Singh, Y ^f   Rauf, A ^g   Sarma, U C ^h   Gandhi, Sanjay ⁱ   Behl, Lalita ^j   Mukherjee, Krishna ^k   Swami, S S ^l   Meru, Viu ^m   Chandra, Prakash ⁿ   Chandrawati, ^o   Mohan, Uday ^o  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c AN Magadh Medical College   (India)

^d VC PC Research Foundation   (India)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^f REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^g GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h GAUHATI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^j INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^k MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^l S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^m Directorate of Health Services   (India)

ⁿ Nalanda Medical College   (India)

^o KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Anemia; Pregnant women; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEMOGLOBIN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845907987     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650602700405     Document Type: Article

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