Iron supplementation compliance among pregnant women in Bicol, Philippines

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-82

  Lutsey, Pamela L ^a,d   Dawe, David ^b,d   Villate, Ellen ^c   Valencia, Shiela ^d   Lopez, Ofelia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^e Provincial Health Office Sorsogon   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Compliance; Iron deficiency; Philippines; Side effects; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRON, DIETARY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849093972     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000237     Document Type: Article

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