Prevalence of anaemia in the postpartum period: A study of a North Indian village

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 211-215

  Somdatta, Patra ^a   Reddaiah, V P ^a   Singh, Bir ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMIPARA; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 70349323394     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.080347     Document Type: Article

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