Nutritional status and intelligence quotient of primary schoolchildren in Akure community of Ondo state, Nigeria
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Nutritional status and intelligence quotient of primary schoolchildren in Akure community of Ondo State, Nigeria.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 402 children (10-15 years) randomly selected from twelve public and private primary schools in Akure community of Ondo State, Nigeria. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on children's demographic features and parent's socio-economic characteristics. The subject's weight, height, height-for-age and weight-for-height z-scor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tanzania Journal of Health Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0856-6496
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v9i2.14307