Nutritional status of schoolchildren in rural Iran

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 390-396

  Sarraf, Zahra ^a   Goldberg, Dena ^b   Shahbazi, Mohammad ^c,e   Arbuckle, Kristen ^d   Salehi, Moosa ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Iran; Qashqa'i; Schoolchilren's health status

Indexed keywords

IRON; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 26044470742     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051487     Document Type: Article

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