Grace Marquis

Socio-Demographic Factors Affect Zinc Status of Infants and Preschool Children in East Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Adamu Belay, Grace Marquis, Gulelat Desse, Frances Aboud & Aregash Samuel · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and risk factors of zinc deficiency among infants and preschool children. Methods: A community based, cross-sectional study was conducted in East Gojjam zone between October 2011 and April 2012. Sub-samples...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20867

Variation of Serum Selenium (Se) in Children from Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Will Low Se Affect the Success of Salt Iodization in Ethiopia?

Dawd Gashu, Gulelate Desse, Karim Bougma, Aregash Samuel, Abdulaziz Adish, Barbara Stoecker & Grace Marquis · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To assess Se status of 54-60 month-old children in the Amhara region, Ethiopia Methods: Serum from 280 children from five zones of the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: The mean serum Se co...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21143