The Gulf War, child nutrition and feeding practices in Iraq

Nutrition Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 775-784

  Fawzi, Mary C Smith ^a   Aldoori, Walid ^a,c   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Armijo Hussein, Nagib ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Save the Children Fund ^*  (Iraq)

^c Whitehall Robins Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Gulf War; Iraq; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; WAR;

EID: 0030986976     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(97)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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