Anaemia in relation to body mass index (BMI) and socio-demographic characteristics in adult Nigerians in Ebonyi state

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages LC04-LC07

  Ugwuja, Emmanuel Ike ^a   Ogbonnaya, Lawrence Ulu ^a   Obuna, Akuma Johnson ^b   Awelegbe, Femi ^a   Uro Chukwu, Henry ^c  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b National Obstetric Fistula Centre Abakaliki   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adults; Anaemia; Body mass index; Malnutrition; Nigerians; Sociodemographic parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGERIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; READING; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERWEIGHT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84924855259     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/9811.5485     Document Type: Article

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