Socioeconomic determinants of iron-deficiency anemia among children aged 6 to 59 months in India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1432-NP1443

  Bharati, Susmita ^a   Pal, Manoranjan ^a   Chakrabarty, Suman ^b   Bharati, Premananda ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith   (India)

Author keywords

anemia; child health; India; inequalities in health; public health nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84926308544     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513491417     Document Type: Article

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