Risk factors for low Kaup index among children in rural ethnic minority areas of Yunnan, China

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-153

  Hotta, Masanaka ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Anme, Tokie ^c   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Kaup index; Malnutrition; Minority

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD REARING; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KAUP INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WEANING;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 17444407343     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02045.x     Document Type: Article

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