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Original Articles

Iron status of schoolchildren (6–15 years) and associated factors in rural Nigeria

Rufina N. B. AyoguDepartment of Home ScienceNutrition, and Dietetics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Adaobi M. OkaforDepartment of Home ScienceNutrition, and Dietetics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Henrietta N. Ene-ObongDepartment of Biochemistry (Nutrition and Dietetics Unit)University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
Article: 26223 | Received 05 Nov 2014, Accepted 18 Mar 2015, Published online: 06 May 2015

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