Weekly iron and folic acid supplementation with counseling reduces anemia in adolescent girls: A large-scale effectiveness study in Uttar Pradesh, India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-194

  Vir, Sheila C ^a,b,e   Singh, Neelam ^c   Nigam, Arun K ^d   Jain, Ritu ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b Public Health Nutrition and Development Centre

^c Vatsalya   (India)

^d Institute of Applied Statistics and Development Studies   (India)

^e NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anemia; Compliance; India; Weekly iron folic acid supplementation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANEMIA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 53849118479     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650802900304     Document Type: Article

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