Nutritional status of Yemeni schoolchildren in Al-Mahweet Governorate

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 204-210

  Raja'a, Y A ^a   Sulaiman, S M ^b   Elkarib, S A ^b   Mubarak, J S ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences   (Iran)

^b TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH; YEMEN;

EID: 0035241489     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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