Iron status of hill tribe children and adolescent boys: A cross sectional study at a welfare center in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1680-5194

  Porniammongkol, Orraya ^a   Yamborisut, Uruwan ^a   Intajak, Tipakorn ^a   Sirichakwal, Prapaisri P ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Iron deficiency anemia (IDA); School children; Serum ferritin; Thalassemia; Welfare center

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND;

EID: 82755185873     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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