Compliance with iron-folic acid (IFA) therapy among pregnant women in an urban area of South India

African Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mithra, P ^a   Unnikrishnan, B ^a   Rekha, T ^a   Nithin, K ^a   Mohan, K ^a   Kulkarni, V ^a   Holla, R ^a   Agarwal, D ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Compliance; Demographic; Folic acid; IFA tablets; Iron; Social

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TABLET; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VOMITING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84896094330     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i1.39     Document Type: Article

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