Socioeconomic determinants of haemoglobin levels of african women are less important in areas with more health facilities: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-122

  Haverkate, Manon ^a   Smits, Jeroen ^b   Meijerink, Hinta ^c   van der Ven, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPICAL HEALTH; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

DEVELOPING COUNTR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; MULTILEVEL MODELLING; TROPICAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894066283     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-202336     Document Type: Article

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