Nutritional status of children in rural Lao PDR: Who are the most vulnerable?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 887-890

  Miyoshi, Miki ^a,b   Phommasack, B ^c   Nakamura, S ^b   Kuroiwa, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

Children; Food security; Laos; Nutritional status; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RICE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 22644441839     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602160     Document Type: Article

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