Micronutrient deficiencies and related factors in school-aged children in ethiopia: A cross-sectional study in Libo Kemkem and Fogera Districts, Amhara Regional State

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Herrador, Zaida ^a,b   Sordo, Luis ^a,c,d   Gadisa, Endalamaw ^e   Buño, Antonio ^f   Gómez Rioja, Rubén ^f   Iturzaeta, Jose Manuel ^f   Fernandez De Armas, Lisset ^g   Benito, Agustín ^a,b   Aseffa, Abraham ^e   Moreno, Javier ^a   Cañavate, Carmen ^a   Custodio, Estefania ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Tropical Diseases Research Network (RICET in Spanish)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^g Department of Surgery   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84919933257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112858     Document Type: Article

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