Factors associated with anaemia among adolescent boys and girls 10–19 years old 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 McKing Consulting Corporation   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e New ERA   (Nepal)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSLIM; NEPAL; PICA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SMOKING; VENOUS BLOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85084154446     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13013     Document Type: Article

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