High prevalence of anemia with lack of iron deficiency among women in rural Bangladesh: A role for thalassemia and iron in groundwater

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-424

  Merrill, Rebecca D ^a   Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^b   Ali, Hasmot ^b   Labrique, Alain B ^a   Schulze, Kerry ^a   Christian, Parul ^a   West, Keith P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bangladesh; Iron deficiency; Thalassemia; Women

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HEMOGLOBIN E; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; THALASSEMIA; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; DIET; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; GROUNDWATER; HEMOGLOBIN E; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RURAL HEALTH; THALASSEMIA; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865587935     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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