Nutritional status of children in the Lao PDR

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-11

  Phimmasone, Kotsaythoune ^a   Douangpoutha, Inpanh ^a   Fauveau, Vincent ^b,c   Pholsena, Phonethep ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030034361     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.1.5     Document Type: Article

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