Burden of Anemia and its socioeconomic determinants among adolescent girls in India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-226

  Bharati, Premananda ^a   Shome, Suparna ^a   Chakrabarty, Suman ^a   Bharati, Susmita ^a   Pal, Manoranjan ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Anemia; India; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANEMIA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOGLOBIN; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARKHAND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70450217321     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650903000302     Document Type: Article

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