Trends and determinants of anaemia in women of Nepal: a multilevel analysis

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2020, Pages

  Rai, Anjana ^a   Khan, Md Nuruzzaman ^b,c   Thapa, Subash ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anaemia; concentration curve; concentration index; demographic and health survey; hierarchical data; multilevel analysis; women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEPAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85087439680     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13044     Document Type: Article

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