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Household Food Insecurity Is Associated with Anemia in Adult Mexican Women of Reproductive Age.

TitleHousehold Food Insecurity Is Associated with Anemia in Adult Mexican Women of Reproductive Age.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsFischer, Nils C., Teresa Shamah-Levy, Verónica Mundo-Rosas, Ignacio Méndez-Gómez-Humarán, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
JournalThe Journal of nutrition
Date Published2014 Oct 15
ISSN1541-6100
AbstractAnemia is a major cause of maternal mortality. Household food insecurity (HFI) may increase the risk of anemia among women of reproductive age although this hypothesis remains largely untested in representative samples from low- and middle-income countries.
DOI10.3945/jn.114.197095
Alternate JournalJ. Nutr.

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