Prevalence of anaemia among 6- to 59-month-old children in India: the latest picture through the NFHS-4

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 97-107

  Bharati, Susmita ^a   Pal, Manoranjan ^a   Bharati, Premananda ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Child Malnutrition; Logistic Regression

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85065892736     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932019000294     Document Type: Article

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