Identifying sociodemographic, programmatic and dietary drivers of anaemia reduction in pregnant Indian women over 10 years

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2018, Pages 2424-2433

  Chakrabarti, Suman ^a   George, Nitya ^a   Majumder, Moutushi ^b   Raykar, Neha ^c   Scott, Samuel ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c Oxford Policy Management   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Diet; India; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EVENT; ANEMIA; DEFECATION; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; DEFECATION; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045221478     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018000903     Document Type: Article

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