2 results match your criteria: "Kuwait. F.Ahmed@cfw.kuniv.edu[Affiliation]"

Iron status among Australian adults: findings of a population based study in Queensland, Australia.

Asia Pac J Clin Nutr

September 2008

Department of Family Sciences, College for Women, Kuwait University, P.O. Box: 5969, Safat-13060, Kuwait.

Objectives: To describe the concentrations of serum ferritin among Australian adults by age and sex. Further, the relationships of various social, lifestyle and health factors with serum ferritin concentrations were explored.

Design: A total of 1634 adults aged View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The coexistence of other micronutrient deficiencies in anaemic adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh.

Eur J Clin Nutr

March 2008

Department of Family Sciences, College for Women, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of selected micronutrient deficiencies amongst anaemic adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh and to examine their relationship with haemoglobin (Hb) levels.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: Girls' high schools in rural areas of Dhaka District in Bangladesh.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF