Day-care centre supplementary feeding effects on child nutrition in urban slum areas of Nepal

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-119

  Poudel, Krishna C ^a   Nakahara, Shinji ^a   Okumura, Junko ^a   Wakai, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 1842576763     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.2.116     Document Type: Article

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