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Editorial
. 2014 Apr 1;92(4):231.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.137810.

The lack of progress in reducing anaemia among women: the inconvenient truth

Francesco Branca  1 , Lina Mahy  1 , Thahira Shireen Mustafa  1
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Editorial

The lack of progress in reducing anaemia among women: the inconvenient truth

Francesco Branca et al. Bull World Health Organ. .
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