A community based field research project investigating anaemia amongst young children living in rural Karnataka, India: A cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pasricha, Sant Rayn ^a   Vijaykumar, Varalaxmi ^a   Prashanth, N S ^b   Sudarshan, H ^b   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^c   Black, Jim ^a   Shet, Arun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Karuna Trust   (India)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AVITAMINOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 64649083493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-59     Document Type: Article

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