Prevalence and determinants of micronutrient deficiencies among rural children of eight states in India

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-241

  Laxmaiah, Avula ^a   Arlappa, Nimmathota ^a   Balakrishna, Nagalla ^a   Mallikarjuna Rao, Kodavanti ^a   Galreddy, Chitty ^a   Kumar, Sharad ^a   Ravindranath, Manachala ^a   Brahmam, Ginnela N V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anemia; Bitot's spots; Iodine deficiency disorders; Micronutrient deficiencies; Preschool and school age children; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GOITER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUTISM; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; GOITER; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; IODINE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84878018137     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348674     Document Type: Article

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