The silent tragic reality of Hidden Hunger, anaemia, and neural-tube defects (NTDs) in India

Summary: Hidden Hunger arising from nutritional iron-, folate-, and vitamin-B12-deficiencies is exceedingly common in India and has profound negative impacts on anaemia, on pregnancy, and on embryonic-foetal neurodevelopment in utero, which predisposes to NTDs and psychological-psychiatric manifesta...

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Main Authors: Aśok C. Antony, Ravindra M. Vora, Santosh J. Karmarkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772368222000877