Open AccessA study on anemia and its risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic of a rural medical college of West Bengal
Author(s) -
Anuradha Sinha,
Moumita Adhikary,
Jyoti Prakash Phukan,
Sonal Kedia,
Tirthankar Sinha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1588_20
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , pregnancy , socioeconomic status , pediatrics , obstetrics , cross sectional study , chi square test , population , environmental health , genetics , biology , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Anemia is the commonest nutritional deficiency disorder in the world, particularly in developing countries. Though anemia is easily treatable and largely preventable disease if timely detected, it still continues to be significantly prevalent among pregnant women.