Dietary diversification for prevention of anaemia among women of childbearing age from rural India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 939-947

  Rao, Shobha ^a   Joshi, Smita ^a   Bhide, Pradnya ^a   Puranik, Bhairavi ^a   Asawari, Kanade ^a  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Dietary diversification; Rural India; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVENTION STUDIES; IRON, DIETARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903735664     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001006     Document Type: Article

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