Prevalence of malnutrition in Tarahumara children under 5 years of age in the municipality of Guachochi, Chihuahua;Prevalencia de desnutricion en ninos Tarahumaras menores de cinco anos en el municipio de Guachochi, Chihuahua

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-16

  Monárrez, Joel ^a,b   Martínez, Homero ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child; Ethnic groups; Mexico; Preschool; Protein energy malnutrition prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; AMERICAN INDIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0342264371     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342000000100004     Document Type: Article

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