Community-based nutritional intervention for reducing malnutrition among children under 5 years of age in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 238-245

  Malekafzali, H ^a   Abdollahi, Z ^b   Mafi, A ^b   Naghavi, M ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MOTHER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SANITATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SANITATION;

EID: 0034158478     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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