Determinants of Persistent Anemia in Poor, Urban Pregnant Women of Chandigarh City, North India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 132-143

  Diamond Smith, Nadia G ^a   Gupta, Madhu ^b   Kaur, Manmeet ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

anemia; India; maternal nutrition; pregnancy health seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; DIET; HEALTH RISK; HEMOGLOBIN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

CHANDIGARH; INDIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971426438     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116637721     Document Type: Article

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