Anemia : the same old disease; can we ever conquer it in India

  • Dr. Sagar Khadanga Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, LN Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Dr. Dharmendra Dugar Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Hi tech Medical College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Dr. Sagar Subhas Nanaware Post graduate student, Department of Medicine, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odisha, India
  • Dr. Sandhyarani Pati Post graduate student, Department of Medicine, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odisha, India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2014.i1.07
Keywords: Anemia, Iron supplementation, IFA tablet

Abstract

Anemia is most prevalent human morbidity. In spite of various government nutritional supplementation programmes we are not able to reduce this morbidity significantly.

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Anemia : the same old disease; can we ever conquer it in India
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DOI: 10.17511/ijphr.2014.i1.07
Published: 2014-06-30
How to Cite
Khadanga, S., Dugar, D., Nanaware, S. S., & Pati, S. (2014). Anemia : the same old disease; can we ever conquer it in India. Public Health Review: International Journal of Public Health Research, 1(1), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.17511/ijphr.2014.i1.07
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Vol 1 No 1 (2014): Apr-Jun
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Perspective

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