Determinants of moderate-to-severe anaemia among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: Analysis of data from the 2010 Tanzania demographic and health survey

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1488-1497

  Wilunda, Calistus ^a   Massawe, Siriel ^b   Jackson, Caroline ^c,d  

^a Projects Department Doctors with Africa CUAMM   (Italy)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Education; Health inequalities; Pregnancy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AGE; ANEMIA; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; IRON; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; SANITATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; INCOME; IRON THERAPY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANAEMIA; EDUCATION; HEALTH INEQUALITIES; PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888007498     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12199     Document Type: Article

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