Micronutrient deficiency status among women of desert areas of western Rajasthan, India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 624-629

  Singh, Madhu B ^a   Fotedar, Ranjana ^a   Lakshminarayana, J ^a  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Desert; Dietary intake; Iodine deficiency disorder; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CALORIE; DESERT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERVIEW; IRON INTAKE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IODINE; IRON, DIETARY; LACTATION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650369873     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002395     Document Type: Article

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