Vitamin B12 status in rural adolescent school girls in Mysuru, India: A community-based cross-sectional study

Vitamin B12 status in rural adolescent school girls in Mysuru, India: A community-based cross-sectional study

Almost 56% of Indian adolescent girls aged 15–19 years suffer from anemia. Adolescent age is a period of many significant physiological changes that increase nutritional demand, and they remain at risk for nutritional deficiencies. Our aim is to assess the prevalence of Vitamin B12 deficiency among...

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Main Authors: K Jagadish Kumar, Sangeetha Balaji, Praveen Kulkarni, V G Manjunath, H R Nandish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
adolescent girls
anemia
rural
vitamin b12
Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2023;volume=48;issue=5;spage=794;epage=797;aulast=Kumar

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