Trends and drivers of change in the prevalence of anaemia among 1 million women and children in India, 2006 to 2016

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Nguyen, Phuong Hong ^a   Scott, Samuel ^a   Avula, Rasmi ^a   Tran, Lan Mai ^b   Menon, Purnima ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 85061808664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001010     Document Type: Article

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