Nutritional status of school children aged 6-10 years in United Arab Emirates: Comparison with children from different ethnic origins

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-384

  Baba, Nahla ^a   Shaar, Khuzama ^a   Faour, Dima ^a   Musaiger, Abdul Rahman ^b   Al Housani, Hajar ^c   Adra, Nada ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Ethnic groups; Nutritional status; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0031291484     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1997.9991525     Document Type: Article

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