Iron, folate, and vitamin B12 stores among pregnant women in a rural area of Haryana State, India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-438

  Pathak, Priyali ^a   Kapil, Umesh ^a   Yajnik, C S ^b   Kapoor, S K ^a   Dwivedi, S N ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Folate; India; Iron; Pregnant women; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; IRON; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HARYANA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38549156139     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800409     Document Type: Article

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