Anemia and iron, zinc, copper and magnesium deficiency in Mexican adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 Anemia y deficiencia de hierro, zinc, cobre y magnesio en adolescentes mexicanos: resultados de la ENSANUT 2006

• Main Authors: Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora (Author), Berenice Gaona (Author), Salvador Villalpando (Author), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author), Ricardo Robledo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJETIVE: To describe the frequency of anemia and iron, zinc, copper and magnesium deficiencies among Mexican adolescents in the probabilistic survey ENSANUT 2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sample included 2447 adolescents aged 12 to 19 y. Capillary hemoglobin and venous blood samples were collecte...