Factors associated with anaemia in a nationally representative sample of nonpregnant women of reproductive age in Nepal

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue S1, 2022, Pages

  Ford, Nicole D ^a,b   Bichha, Ram Padarth ^c   Parajuli, Kedar Raj ^c   Paudyal, Naveen ^d   Joshi, Nira ^e   Whitehead, Ralph D ^b   Chitekwe, Stanley ^d   Mei, Zuguo ^b   Flores Ayala, Rafael ^b   Adhikari, Debendra P ^f   Rijal, Sanjay ^d   Jefferds, Maria Elena ^b  

^a Atlanta   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^d United Nations Children's Fund   (Nepal)

^e New ERA   (Nepal)

^f UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; IRON; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; VENOUS BLOOD; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85081268619     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12953     Document Type: Article

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