Effects of malnutrition on child survival in China as estimated by PROFILES

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Ross, Jay ^a   Chen, Chun Ming ^b   He, Wu ^b   Fu, Gang ^b   Wang, Yu Ying ^b   Fu, Zhen Ying ^b   Chen, Ming Xia ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; PROFILES; Underweight; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHINA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0242323285     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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