An outline of anemia among adolescent girls in Bangladesh: Findings from a cross-sectional study

BMC Hematology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mistry, Sabuj Kanti ^a   Jhohura, Fatema Tuz ^a   Khanam, Fouzia ^a   Akter, Fahmida ^a   Khan, Safayet ^a   Yunus, Fakir Md ^b   Hossain, Md Belal ^a   Afsana, Kaosar ^a   Haque, Md Raisul ^a   Rahman, Mahfuzar ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent anemia; Hemoglobin; Malnutrition; Socio demographic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028016062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12878-017-0084-x     Document Type: Article

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