Effectiveness and feasibility of weekly iron and folic acid supplementation to adolescent girls and boys through peer educators at community level in the tribal area of Gujarat

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 158-161

  Shah, Shobha P ^a   Shah, Pankaj ^a   Desai, Shrey ^a   Modi, Dhiren ^a   Desai, Gaytri ^a   Arora, Honey ^b  

^a SEWA Rural Hospital   (India)

^b SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; anemia; hemoglobin; IFA (DOTS); prevalence; sickling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960872962     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.173498     Document Type: Article

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