A comparison of selected nutrient intakes in anemic and nonanemic adolescent girls in Kuwait

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-433

  Al Mousa, Zamzam ^a   Prakash, Prasanna ^a   Jackson, Robert T ^b   Al Raqua, Montaha ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Dietary intake; Iron deficiency; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOLATE INTAKE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0038752777     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00543-2     Document Type: Article

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