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Vanessa Alfa · Sankore

University of Abuja Teaching Hospital

Vanessa Alfa

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-3188-3419

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Publications

9

Citations

41

h-index

3

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

3

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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University of Abuja8 works
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital4 works

Publications

9 works in the graph, newest first.

Sodium content of packaged foods and beverages in Nigeria: a cross-sectional comparative study with WHO global sodium benchmarks, Kenya, and South Africa
2026Journal of Nutritional ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.1017/jns.2025.10076
Assessing the implementation of national sodium reduction policies in Nigeria: an interim qualitative evaluation of stakeholder perspectives
2026Frontiers in NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fnut.2026.1704402
Sodium Content of Street and Restaurant Foods in Nigeria: A Multilevel Analysis of Food System Determinants
2026NutrientsJournalOpen access0 citations10.3390/nu18142348
Availability, healthiness and sodium content of packaged and unpackaged foods and beverages in nigeria: a cross-sectional study
2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s41043-025-01121-9

Dietary sources of sodium intake in nigerian adults: A population-based cross-sectional study

2025Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access1 citations10.1038/s41598-025-23828-9

Nigeria sodium study 2023 policy meeting on dietary sodium reduction in Nigeria

2024BMC ProceedingsJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12919-024-00303-3

Stakeholder perspectives on Nigeria’s national sodium reduction program: Lessons for implementation and scale-up

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen access13 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0280226

Sodium Content and Labelling of Packaged Foods and Beverages in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study

2022NutrientsJournalOpen access13 citations10.3390/nu15010027

Developing long-term strategies to reduce excess salt consumption in Nigeria

2022European Heart JournalJournalOpen access11 citations10.1093/eurheartj/ehac025