Nutritional status of public primary school children: A comparison between an upland and riverine area of Ojo LGA, Lagos State Nigeria

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 225-240

  Abidoye, R O ^a   Akande, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034565862     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010600001400404     Document Type: Article

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