Prevalence and public health relevance of micronutrient deficiencies and undernutrition in pre-school children and women of reproductive age in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2016-2028

  Rohner, Fabian ^a,b   Northrop Clewes, Christine ^b   Tschannen, Andres B ^c   Bosso, Patrice E ^d   Kouassi Gohou, Valérie ^e   Erhardt, Juergen G ^f   Bui, Mai ^g   Zimmermann, Michael B ^h   Mascie Taylor, C G Nicholas ⁱ  

^a GroundWork LLC   (Switzerland)

^b GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Direction de l'Information de la Planification et de l'Evaluation Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f University of Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^g Swiss Vitamin Institute   (Switzerland)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Folate; Iron deficiency; Vitamin A deficiency; West Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905234337     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001300222X     Document Type: Article

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