Anaemia, iron status and vitamin A deficiency among adolescent refugees in Kenya and Nepal

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-34

  Woodruff, Bradley A ^a   Blanck, Heidi Michels ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^b   Cookson, Susan T ^c   Larson, Mary Kay ^d   Duffield, Arabella ^e   Bhatia, Rita ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c National Center for Health Marketing   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^f United Nations World Food Programme   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anaemia; Dietary iron; Micronutrients; Refugees; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRON; KENYA; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; REFUGEES; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33645242701     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005825     Document Type: Article

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