Nutritional status of Amerindian children from the Beni River (lowland Bolivia) as related to environmental, maternal and dietary factors

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-335

  Benefice, Eric ^a   Monroy, Selma Luna ^b   Jiménez, Sonia ^b   López, Ronald ^a,b  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Anthropometry; Food diversity; Helminths; Stunting; Tacana

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

VERMES;

EID: 33744943527     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2006852     Document Type: Article

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