Mehari Gebre

Zinc Deficiency was a Significant Public Health Problem in Adolescent School Girls from Northern Ethiopia

Afework Mulugeta, Mahmud Abdelkadir, Mehari Gebre, Araya Gebreyesus, Asfaw Gebretsadik & Barbara Stoecker · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Determine the prevalence and factors contributing to zinc deficiency in adolescent school girls from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in 413 randomly selected adolescent school girls. Anthropometric data were collected following...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20968

Vitamin A Status and Serum Carotenoid Levels of Adolescent School Girls from Northern Ethiopia

Afework Mulugeta, Mahmud Abdelkadir, Mehari Gebre, Araya Gebreyesus, Asfaw Gebretsadik & Barbara Stoecker · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Determine the vitamin A status and serum carotenoid levels of adolescent school girls from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Methods: Serum samples separated from nonfasting venous blood were analyzed for retinol, α-carotene and β-carotene using reversed phase HPLC. The chro...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20969