Title | Household Food Insecurity Is Associated with Anemia in Adult Mexican Women of Reproductive Age. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Fischer, Nils C., Teresa Shamah-Levy, Verónica Mundo-Rosas, Ignacio Méndez-Gómez-Humarán, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla |
Journal | The Journal of nutrition |
Date Published | 2014 Oct 15 |
ISSN | 1541-6100 |
Abstract | Anemia 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. |
DOI | 10.3945/jn.114.197095 |
Alternate Journal | J. Nutr. |