Changing patterns of social inequalities in anaemia among women in india: Cross-sectional study using nationally representative data

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Balarajan, Yarlini S ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84876104764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002233     Document Type: Article

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