Clinical manifestations of "Hunger Disease" among children in the ghettos during the holocaust

Harefuah

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 345-349+398

  Hercshlag Elkayam, Orit ^a   Even, Lea ^a   Shasha, Shaul M ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestations; Ghettos; Holocaust; Hunger disease; Morbidity in pediatric group

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRIME; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FOOD QUALITY; GHETTO; HUMAN; HUNGER; HUNGER DISEASE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PLAY; POLAND; STARVATION; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHILD; ENERGY INTAKE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; HYGIENE; POLAND; STARVATION;

EID: 0038007810     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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