Effective interventional approach to control anaemia in pregnant women

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1320-1330

  Susheela, A K ^a   Mondal, N K ^a   Gupta, Rashmi ^a   Ganesh, Kamla ^a   Brahmankar, Shashikant ^a   Bhasin, Shammi ^b   Gupta, G ^b  

^a Fluorosis Research & Rural Development Foundation   (India)

^b Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Haemoglobin; Low birth weight; Pregnancy; Urine fluoride

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953972802     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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