Iron status of schoolchildren (6-15 years) and associated factors in rural Nigeria

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ayogu, Rufina N B ^a   Okafor, Adaobi M ^a   Ene Obong, Henrietta N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron intake; Parasitic infections; Rural area; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRITTLE HAIR; CESTODIASIS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EDEMA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALARIA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NIGERIA; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASE; TRICHURIASIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84928963714     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v59.26223     Document Type: Article

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