Social Costs of Iron Deficiency Anemia in 6-59-Month-Old Children in India.

Inadequate nutrition has a severe impact on health in India. According to the WHO, iron deficiency is the single most important nutritional risk factor in India, accounting for more than 3% of all disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost. We estimate the social costs of iron deficiency anemia (ID...

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Main Authors: Rafael Plessow, Narendra Kumar Arora, Beatrice Brunner, Christina Tzogiou, Klaus Eichler, Urs Brügger, Simon Wieser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4552473?pdf=render