Assessment of nutritional status, cognitive development, and mother- child interaction in Central American refugee children

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 164-171

  Laude, Monica ^a  

^a VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COSTA RICA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0032888222     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891999000800003     Document Type: Article

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