Demand and supply factors of iron-folic acid supplementation and its association with anaemia in North Indian pregnant women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Varghese, Jithin Sam ^a   Swaminathan, Sumathi ^a   Kurpad, Anura V ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85060803390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210634     Document Type: Article

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