Nutritional status and associated factors in children aged 0-23 months in Granada, Nicaragua

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 400-411

  Sakisaka, K ^a   Wakai, S ^a   Kuroiwa, C ^a   Flores, L Cuadra ^b   Kai, I ^c   Mercedes Aragon M ^b   Hanada, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Nicaragua)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child health; Developing country; HAZ; Nutrition; WAZ; Z scores

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GRANADA [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

EID: 33646493166     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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