Evaluation of a nutrition supplementation programme in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-437

  Hendricks, M K ^a   Le Roux, M ^b   Fernandes, M ^b   Irlam, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Nutrition programme; Protein energy malnutrition; South Africa; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUDGET; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LACTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0042536467     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003458     Document Type: Article

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