Prevalence and severity of micronutrient deficiency: A cross-sectional study among adolescents in Sri Lanka

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-63

  Hettiarachchi, Manjula ^a   Liyanage, Chandrani ^a,d   Wickremasinghe, Rajitha ^b   Hilmers, David C ^c   Abrams, Steven A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Folic acid; Galle; Iron; Micronutrient deficiency; Sri Lanka; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SRI LANKA; ZINC;

EID: 33644791561     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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