Nutritional status of infants and young children in the Arabian Gulf Countries

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASIA; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DENTAL CARIES; FOOD POISONING; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KUWAIT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OMAN; OVERNUTRITION; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WEANING;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WEANING;

EID: 0029863074     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.2.121     Document Type: Short Survey

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