Anemia: Increasing prevalence in general population: why?
Keywords:
Anemia, Children, Prevalence, Pregnant women
Abstract
In India, various surveys showed that over 70 % of preschool children, pregnant women and adolescent girls were anaemic.
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2. de Benoist B, McLean E, Egli I, Cogswell M, eds. Worldwide prevalence of anaemia 1993-2005. WHO global database on anaemia. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Press, 2008:1-40.
3. IIPS. National Family Health Survey 2005-06 (NFHS-3): Available from: http://mohfw.nic.in/nfhsfactsheet.htm; accessed on September 24, 2008.
4. DLHS on RCH. Nutritional status of children and prevalence of anaemia among children, adolescent grils and pregnant women 2002-2004. Available from: http://www.rchindia.org/ nr_india.htm 2006, accessed on September 24, 2008.
5. Toteja GS, Singh P. Micronutrient profile of Indian population. New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research; 2004.
6. F. Arnold, S. Parasuraman, P. Arokiasamy, and M. Kothari, “Nutrition in India,” inNationalFamilyHealth Survey (NFHS-3) India 2005-06, 2009, http://www.rchiips.org/nfhs/nutrition report for website 18sep09.pdf
7. Kaur, M. and K. Singh (2001). Effect of Health Education on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices About Anaemia Among Rural Women in Chandigarh. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 26(3): 128-128.
8. Mishra P, Ahluwalia SK, Garg PK, Kar R, Panda GK . The prevalence of Anemia among reproductive age group (15-45 years) women in a PHC of rural field area of MM Medical College, Ambala, India. J Women’s Health Care. 2012;1(3): 1-3.
CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i7.144
Published: 2015-08-31
How to Cite
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Chandran R, Gedam DS. Anemia: Increasing prevalence in general population: why?. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2015Aug.31 [cited 2024May2];3(7):673-4. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/301
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