Effect of oral contraception on anemia in 12 low- and middle-income countries

Contraception

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 236-242

  Bellizzi, Saverio ^a   Ali, Mohamed M ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anemia; Demographic and Health Survey; Low and middle income countries; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85044281257     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2017.11.001     Document Type: Article

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