Prevalence of malnutrition using Z -scores and absolute values in children under five years of age in Utan village, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 123-126

  Zoakah, A I ^a   Idoko, L O ^a   Okoronkwo, M O ^a   Adeleke, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034343105     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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