Nutritional status following malaria control in a Vietnamese ethnic minority commune

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 891-899

  Hung, L Q ^a,b   de Vries, P J ^a   Giao, P T ^a,b   Binh, T Q ^b   Nam, N V ^c   Chong, M T ^d   Kager, P A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c Center for Malaria and Goitre Control   (Viet Nam)

^d Bac Binh District Health Center   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; BMI; Malaria; Stunting; Vietnam; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; VIETNAM;

EID: 23944464950     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602156     Document Type: Article

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