Micronutrient status and its relationship with nutritional status in preschool children in urban Sri Lanka

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 144-151

  Marasinghe, Eshani ^a   Chackrewarthy, Sureka ^a   Abeysena, Chrishantha ^a   Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Micronutrients; Nutritional status; Preschool children; Sri Lanka; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SRI LANKA; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84925178009     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2015.24.1.17     Document Type: Article

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