Anaemia prevalence and associated sociodemographic and dietary factors among Palestinian adolescents in the West Bank;Prévalence de l'anémie et facteurs sociodémographiques et alimentaires associés chez des adolescents en Cisjordanie

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-217

  Mikki, N ^a,b   Abdul Rahim, H F ^b,c   Stigum, H ^a,d   Holmboe Ottesen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c University of Qatar ^*  (Qatar)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PALESTINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 79953242784     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.3.208     Document Type: Article

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