Anemia and micronutrient status ofwomen of childbearing age and children 6–59 months in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Harvey Leeson, Sarah ^a   Karakochuk, Crystal D ^a   Hawes, Meaghan ^a   Tugirimana, Pierrot L ^b,c   Bahizire, Esto ^d,e   Akilimali, Pierre Z ^f   Michaux, Kristina D ^a   Lynd, Larry D ^a   Whitfield, Kyly C ^a   Moursi, Mourad ^g   Boy, Erick ^g   Foley, Jennifer ^a   McLean, Judy ^a   Houghton, Lisa A ^h   Gibson, Rosalind S ^h   Green, Tim J ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Goma   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BUKAVU   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^e Center of Research in Natural Sciences of Lwiro   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^g INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

ⁱ SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Deficiency; Democratic republic of the congo; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Inflammation; Iron deficiency; Micronutrient

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC; IRON; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AVITAMINOSIS; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; INFANT; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AVITAMINOSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84958568303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8020098     Document Type: Article

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