Anthropometric and micronutrient status of school-children in an urban West Africa setting: a cross-sectional study in Dakar (Senegal).

BACKGROUND: Urban areas in West Africa are not immune to undernutrition with recent urbanization and high food prices being important factors. School children often have a poor nutritional status, potentially affecting their health and schooling performance. Yet, generally school children do not ben...

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Main Authors: Marion Fiorentino, Guillaume Bastard, Malick Sembène, Sonia Fortin, Pierre Traissac, Edwige Landais, Christèle Icard-Vernière, Frank T Wieringa, Jacques Berger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3877263?pdf=render