Risk factors for wasting and stunting among children in Metro Cebu, Philippines

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 966-975

  Ricci, Judith A ^a   Becker, Stan ^b  

^a Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometry; malnutrition; nutritional disorders; risk factors; stunting; wasting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REARING; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029944124     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.6.966     Document Type: Article

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