Time Trends in Prevalence of Anaemia in Adolescent Girls

Introduction: Anaemia in adolescent girls has been recognised as a major public health problem. The Mid-day meal programme guidelines envisage inclusion of 75 g/day of vegetables and use of iron fortified iodised salt for hot cooked meal. The National Iron Plus Initiative envisages weekly iron-folic...

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Main Authors: K Kalaivani, Prema Ramachandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-01-01
Series:Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1712818