A cross-sectional survey of the growth and nutrition of the Bedouin of the south Sinai Peninsula

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Beverley, David ^a   Henderson, Catriona ^b  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; PROTEIN;

DIET; GROWTH DETERMINATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PALATE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIRST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 0141514418     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249303322296538     Document Type: Article

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