Disadvantaged pre-schoolers attending day care in Salvador, Northeast Brazil have a low prevalence of anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1984-1992

  Lander, Rebecca L ^a   Bailey, Karl B ^a   Lander, Alastair G ^a   Alsaleh, Abdulmonem A ^a   Costa Ribeiro, Hugo C ^b   Mattos, Angela P ^b   Barreto, Danile L ^b   Houghton, Lisa A ^a   Morison, Ian M ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Professor Edgard Santos University Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Disadvantaged; Micronutrient deficiencies; Northeast Brazil; Pre schoolers; Predictors

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84905216608     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002310     Document Type: Article

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