Socio-cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1416, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 117-139

  Madjdian, Dónya S ^a   Azupogo, Fusta ^a,b   Osendarp, Saskia J M ^a   Bras, Hilde ^a   Brouwer, Inge D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

adolescence; consequences; determinants; LLMIC; micronutrient deficiencies; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION; ANEMIA; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 85050916747     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13670     Document Type: Review

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