Micronutrient levels and nutritional status of school children living in Northwest Ethiopia

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Amare, Bemnet ^a   Moges, Beyene ^a   Fantahun, Bereket ^b   Tafess, Ketema ^a   Woldeyohannes, Desalegn ^a   Yismaw, Gizachew ^a   Ayane, Tilahun ^a   Yabutani, Tomoki ^c   Mulu, Andargachew ^a   Ota, Fusao ^c   Kassu, Afework ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Gondar; Micronutrients; Nutritional status; School children

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THINNESS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84870915983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-108     Document Type: Article

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