Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Predictors of optimum antenatal iron-folate supplementation in a low resource rural set-up in Eastern Kenya

Juma M
  • Juma M
  • Department of Nursing, Kenya Medical Training Centre, P.O Box 30195, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Oiye Shadrack O.
  • Oiye Shadrack O.
  • Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (UNITID), University of Nairobi, P.O Box 19676 – 00200 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Konyole Silvernus O
  • Konyole Silvernus O
  • Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, P. O Box 190-50100, Kakamega, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 05 August 2015
  •  Accepted: 29 September 2015
  •  Published: 30 November 2015

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