Incidence of anaemia among the female tea garden workers in a tea plantation in upper Assam, India

• Published in: Journal of the Indian Medical Association Vol. 110; no. 2; p. 84
• Main Authors: Das, Bhaskar, Sengupta, Bani, Chakrabarti, Sila, Rudra, Tapas, Sengupta, Sarthak
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India 01.02.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - blood; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - epidemiology; Anemia - blood; Anemia - epidemiology; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - blood; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - epidemiology; Female; Hemoglobins - analysis; Humans; India - epidemiology; Tea; India

Nutritional anaemia is the most common type and cause of anaemia. Tea garden workers constitute approximately 1/5th of population in the state of Assam. Reports indicate higher prevalence of undernutrition in this population. The present study was designed to focus on the incidence of anaemia among...