Iron status of adolescent girls from two boarding schools in southern Benin

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 737-746

  Alaofè, Halimatou ^a   Zee, John ^b   Dossa, Romain ^c   O'Brien, Huguette Turgeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Benin; Boarding schools; Food consumption; Iron deficiency anaemia

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BENIN; BOARDING SCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BENIN; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 44649109009     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008001833     Document Type: Article

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