The effect of malnutrition on the risk of diarrheal and respiratory mortality in children < 2 y of age in Cebu, Philippines

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1070-1077

  Yoon, Paula W ^b   Black, Robert E ^a   Moulton, Lawrence H ^b   Becker, Stan ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infection; breast feeding; children < 2 y of age; diarrhea; low birth weight; malnutrition; Phillipines; stunting; wasting; weight for age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030984304     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.4.1070     Document Type: Article

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