Nutritional Status and Dietary Habits of Indian Children From Alto Xingu (Central Brazil) According to Age

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-94

  Mattos, Ângela ^a   Morais, Mauro B ^a   Rodrigues, Douglas A ^a   Baruzzi, Roberto G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Nutritional evaluation; Sulamerican Indians

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032985861     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1999.10718832     Document Type: Article

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