Prevalence and correlates of malnutrition among children in rural minority areas of China

Pediatrics International

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 549-556

  Li, Yan ^a,b   Guo, Guangping ^b   Shi, Anping ^b   Li, Yuping ^b   Anme, Tokie ^c   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Minority; Protein energy malnutrition; Rural China

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHINA; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0032835327     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200x.1999.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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