Managing nutritional programmes in developing countries

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 737-746

  Sheikholeslam, R ^a   Abdollahi, Z ^a   Haghighi, F N ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETETICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POLITICS; POVERTY;

EID: 28644442646     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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