Correlates of anaemia in pregnant urban South Indian women: A possible role of dietary intake of nutrients that inhibit iron absorption

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-324

  Samuel, Tinu Mary ^a,b   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Finkelstein, Julia ^c,d   Bosch, Ronald ^c   Rajendran, Ramya ^a   Virtanen, Suvi M ^b,e   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^a   Kurpad, Anura V ^a   Duggan, Christopher ^c,f  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Correlates; Pregnancy; South India

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON, DIETARY; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION POLICY; PHOSPHORUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872133618     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001200119X     Document Type: Article

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