Micronutrient deficiencies and anemia among preschool children in rural Vietnam

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Nhien, Nguyen Van ^a,b   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^b   Ninh, Nguyen Xuan ^b   Huan, Phan Van ^b   Hop, Le Thi ^b   Lam, Nguyen Thi ^b   Ota, Fusao ^a   Yabutani, Tomoki ^a   Hoa, Vu Quynh ^a,b   Motonaka, Junko ^a   Nishikawa, Takeshi ^c   Nakaya, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Magnesium; Selenium; Trace element; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELENIUM; VIETNAM; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 51649089151     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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