Prevalence and correlates of anemia among adolescents in Nepal: Findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

• Binaya Chalise ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Binaya Chalise, Krishna Kumar Aryal

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: binayachalise@gmail.com

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7292-1229

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• Krishna Kumar Aryal ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Binaya Chalise, Krishna Kumar Aryal

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Ranju Kumari Mehta,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Meghnath Dhimal,

  Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Femila Sapkota,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Helen Keller International, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Suresh Mehata,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Khem Bahadur Karki,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Donya Madjdian,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social Sciences, Sociology of Consumption and Households, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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• George Patton ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are senior authors on this work; These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

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• Susan Sawyer

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are senior authors on this work; These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

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