Effect of nutrition improvement project on morbidity from infectious diseases in preschool children in Vietnam: Comparison with control commune

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7116, 1997, Pages 1122-1125

  English, R M ^a,b   Badcock, J C ^c   Giay, Tu ^d,e   Ngu, Tu ^d,f   Waters, A M ^g   Bennett, S A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Public Health Nutrition   (Viet Nam)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^e National Steering Committee

^f Monitoring and Survlnc Department

^g AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIET NAM;

EID: 0030775678     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7116.1122     Document Type: Article

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