Anaemia among schoolchildren from southern Kerala, India: A cross-sectional study

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 225-227

  Rakesh, P S ^a   Rajeswaran, T ^a   Ramachandran, Rakesh ^a   Mathew, Gigil ^a   Sheeja, A L ^a   Subhagan, S ^a   Salila, K ^a  

^a National Rural Health Mission   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COFFEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON THERAPY; KERALA; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; TEA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; INDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; MALE; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84979092360     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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