Anemia among adolescent girls in Shimla hills of north India: Does BMI and onset of menarche have a role?

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 126-130

  Gupta, Anmol ^a   Parashar, Anupam ^a   Thakur, Anita ^a   Sharma, Deepak ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; anemia; body mass index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENARCHE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881168506     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.114198     Document Type: Article

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