Population-level effective coverage of adolescent weekly iron and folic acid supplementation is low in rural West Bengal, India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2020, Pages 2819-2823

  Sudfeld, Christopher R ^a   Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^b   Barik, Anamitra ^b   Valadez, Joseph J ^c   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Society for Health and Demographic Surveillance   (India)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anaemia; Iron; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 85087022846     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020000932     Document Type: Article

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