Nutrition of Honduran mothers/caretakers

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

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 164-171

  Nestel, Penelope ^a   Mellara, Alejandro ^b   Rosado, Jorge ^c   Mora, Jose O ^d  

^a International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Honduras)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d Intl Sci and Technology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL;

NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONDURAS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORM EXPULSION;

HONDURAS;

EID: 0032954151     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891999000300005     Document Type: Article

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