Prevalence and factors associated with anthropometric failure, vitamin A and iron deficiency among adolescents in a Nigerian urban community

African Health Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 389-398

  Ayogu, Rufina N B ^a   Nnam, Ngozi M ^a   Ibemesi, Onyinye ^a   Okechukwu, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; School adolescents; Stunting; Thinness; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STUNTING; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; ANTHROPOMETRY; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84977127267     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v16i2.7     Document Type: Article

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