Anaemia prevalence and associated factors among lactating mothers in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2005 and 2011 demographic and health surveys

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Lakew, Yihunie ^a   Biadgilign, Sibhatu ^b   Haile, Demewoz ^c  

^a Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Inistitute   (Ethiopia)

^b Independent Consultant   (Ethiopia)

^c MADDA WALABU UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928252923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006001     Document Type: Article

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