%0 Journal Article
%T Factors associated with anemia among female adult vegetarians in Malaysia
%A Mahenderan Appukutty
%A Wan Ying Gan
%A Yit Siew Chin
%A Yuan Kei Ching
%A Zi Fei Chai
%J Archive of "Nutrition Research and Practice".
%D 2019
%R 10.4162/nrp.2019.13.1.23
%X A large number of studies on anemia have focused mostly on pregnant women or children. The vegetarian population, which is another potential risk group for anemia, remains largely unexplored. Therefore, this cross-sectional study examined the associations of the sociodemographic, lifestyle, nutritional, and psychological factors with the anemia status among female adult vegetarians
%K Anemia
%K hemoglobin
%K obesity
%K vegetarians
%K malaysia
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369109/