Xerophthalmia and malnutrition among pre-school children in agaro town South-West Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-181

  Lemma, F ^a   Mariam, A G ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEX RATIO; XEROPHTHALMIA;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0030093159     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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