Differentials in the prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant, ever-married women in Bangladesh: Multilevel logistic regression analysis of data from the 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kamruzzaman, Md ^a   Rabbani, Md Golam ^a   Saw, Aik ^b   Sayem, Md Abu ^c   Hossain, Md Golam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c National Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bangladesh; Married women; Multilevel logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MARRIED WOMAN; MUSLIM; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; NON PREGNANT WOMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84938209608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0211-4     Document Type: Article

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