Anaemia and vitamin A status among adolescent schoolboys in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-350

  Ahmed, Faruk ^a   Rahman, Ataur ^b   Noor, Adeba Nazma ^b   Akhtaruzzaman, Mohammad ^b   Hughes, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys; Anaemia; Bangladesh; Body mass index; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRUIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33744930602     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2006858     Document Type: Article

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