Epidemiology of anaemia in children, adolescent girls, and women in Bhutan

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Campbell, Rebecca K ^a   Aguayo, Víctor M ^b   Kang, Yunhee ^a   Dzed, Laigden ^c   Joshi, Vandana ^b   Waid, Jillian L ^d   Gupta, Suvadra Datta ^d   Haselow, Nancy ^e   West, Keith P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (Bangladesh)

^e HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent girls; anaemia; children; pregnant women; risk factors; South Asia

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL; SEX FACTOR; STUDY SKILLS; STUNTING; SUPPLEMENTATION; THALASSEMIA; WORK; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BHUTAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85057556316     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12740     Document Type: Article

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