Multicausal etiology of anemia among women of reproductive age in Vietnam

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-113

  Nguyen, P H ^a,b   Gonzalez Casanova, I ^c   Nguyen, H ^a   Pham, H ^a   Truong, T V ^a   Nguyen, S ^a   Martorell, R ^c   Ramakrishnan, U ^c  

^a Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy   (Viet Nam)

^b Poverty Health and Nutrition Division   (Viet Nam)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICHURIASIS; VIETNAMESE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATION; IRON INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIET NAM;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84920690898     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.181     Document Type: Article

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