Anemia : the same old disease; can we ever conquer it in India
Journal Title: Public Health Review - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Anemia is most prevalent human morbidity. In spite of various government nutritional supplementation programmes we are not able to reduce this morbidity significantly.
Authors and Affiliations
Sagar Khadanga, Dharmendra Dugar, Sagar Subhas Nanaware, Sandhyarani Pati
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