Age and gender as factors in the distribution of global micronutrient deficiencies

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 233-245

  Webb, Patrick ^a   Nishida, Chizuru ^b   Darnton Hill, Ian ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Deficiency diseases; Gender; Micronutrients; Public health

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34347256762     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2007.may.233-245     Document Type: Review

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