Relationship between adolescent anemia and school attendance observed during a nationally representative survey in India.
Jan Walter De NeveOmar KarlssonRajesh Kumar RaiSantosh KumarSebastian VollmerPublished in: Communications medicine (2024)
This within-household analysis finds little evidence that anemia is associated with school attendance among adolescents in India. Observational studies likely overstate the connection between anemia and school attendance due to household factors that have not been accounted for.