Psychological and Social Factors Associated with Late Pregnancy Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Rural Viet Nam: A Population-Based Prospective Study

Duc Tran Thach; Beverley-Ann Biggs; Tran Tuan; Gerard J Casey; Sarah Hanieh; Julie Anne Simpson; Terence Dwyer; Jane Fisher

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Psychological and Social Factors Associated with Late Pregnancy Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Rural Viet Nam: A Population-Based Prospective Study

Duc Tran Thach, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Tran Tuan, Gerard J Casey, Sarah Hanieh, Julie Anne Simpson, Terence Dwyer, Jane Fisher

PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078162

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Sarah Hanieh Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Beverley-Ann Biggs Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Julie Simpson Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Terry Dwyer Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

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Funding Acknowledgements

The study was funded by Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant DP0986594. TDT is supported by a University of Melbourne International Research Scholarship. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.