Household food insecurity is associated with anemia in adult Mexican women of reproductive age

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2066-2072

  Fischer, Nils C ^a   Shamah Levy, Teresa ^b   Mundo Rosas, Verónica ^b   Méndez Gómez Humarán, Ignacio ^c   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c Center for Research in Mathematics   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anemia; Food security; Iron deficiency; Mexico; Nutrition surveys; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETER; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; BLOOD; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912028633     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.197095     Document Type: Article

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