Micronutrient status in Jordan: 2002 and 2010

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1124-1128

  Serdula, M K ^a   Nichols, E K ^a   Aburto, N J ^a   Masa'd, H ^b   Obaid, B ^c   Wirth, J ^d,e   Tarawneh, M ^b   Barham, R ^b   Hijawi, B ^b   Sullivan, K M ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health Laboratory   (Jordan)

^c Department of Non communicable Disease Ministry of Health ^*  (Jordan)

^d GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^e Groundwork LLC   (Switzerland)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; VENOUS BLOOD; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; JORDAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926175594     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.100     Document Type: Article

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