Subsidized housing and children's nutritional status: Data from a multisite surveillance study

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 551-556

  Meyers, Alan ^a   Cutts, Diana ^b   Frank, Deborah A ^a   Levenson, Suzette ^c   Skalicky, Anne ^a   Heeren, Timothy ^c   Cook, John ^a   Berkowitz, Carol ^d   Black, Maureen ^e   Casey, Patrick ^f   Zaldivar, Nieves ^g  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20644465995     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.6.551     Document Type: Article

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