Is wasting (thinness) a hidden problem in Latin America's children?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1133-1134

  Martorell, R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; NOTE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AMERICA; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0035073809     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.4.1133     Document Type: Note

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