Adolescent Girls With Low Dietary Diversity Score Are Predisposed to Iron Deficiency in Southwestern Nigeria

Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-91

  Olumakaiye, Motunrayo Funke ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

adolescents; dietary diversity; females; iron deficiency; iron intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875073607     PISSN: 19414064     EISSN: 19414072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941406413475661     Document Type: Article

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