Compliance of iron and folic acid supplementation and status of anaemia during pregnancy in the Eastern Terai of Nepal: Findings from hospital based cross sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Yadav, Krishna Deo ^a,b   Yadav, Uday Narayan ^c,d   Wagle, Rajendra Raj ^e   Thakur, Dip Narayan ^f   Dhakal, Sarmila ^g  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b Ministry of Social Development   (Nepal)

^c Forum for Health Research and Development   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery Karnali Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^f Nepal Public Health Foundation   (Nepal)

^g Nepal Institute of Health Science   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Anaemia during pregnancy; Compliance; Iron and folic acid supplementation

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; IRON; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85062842459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4167-6     Document Type: Article

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