Micronutrient deficiency disorders among the rural children of West Bengal, India

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-289

  Arlappa, N ^a   Laxmaiah, A ^a   Balakrishna, N ^a   Harikumar, R ^a   Kodavanti, Mallikharjuna Rao ^a   Gal Reddy, Ch ^a   Saradkumar, S ^a   Ravindranath, M ^a   Brahmam, G N V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

anaemia; Bitot's spots; IDD; Micronutrients; VAD

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IODIZED SALT; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; SALT INTAKE; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; IODINE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 79953106763     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.536572     Document Type: Article

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