Public health interventions to improve maternal nutrition during pregnancy: A nationally representative study of iron and folic acid consumption and food supplements in India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2020, Pages 2671-2686

  Singh, Prashant Kumar ^a   Dubey, Ritam ^a   Singh, Lucky ^b   Kumar, Chandan ^c   Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^d   Singh, Shalini ^a  

^a ICMR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Society for Health and Demographic Surveillance   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Food supplements; India; Iron and folic acid; Maternal nutrition; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, HEALTHY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85088298395     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020001007     Document Type: Article

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