Assessment of nutritional status of children under five years of age, pregnant women, and lactating women living in relief camps after the tsunami in Sri Lanka

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-152

  Jayatissa, Renuka ^a   Bekele, Aberra ^b   Piyasena, C L ^a   Mahamithawa, S ^a  

^a Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Lactating women; Pregnant women; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISASTER RELIEF; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TSUNAMI; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33745650442     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650602700205     Document Type: Article

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