Adolescent girls' anaemia control programme, Gujarat, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-589

  Kotecha, P V ^a   Nirupam, S ^b   Karkar, P D ^b  

^a USAID Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project   (India)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Anaemia; Control programme; Haemoglobin; IFA supplementation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SCALE UP; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 72449176971     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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