Poor nutritional status of younger Tibetan children living at high altitudes

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 938-946

  Dang, Shaonong ^a,b   Yan, H ^a   Yamamoto, S ^b   Wang, X ^a   Zeng, L ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Child; Hemoglobin; High altitude; Malnutrition; Tibet

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ALTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TIBET; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 3142718909     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601915     Document Type: Article

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