Nutritional and health status of children during a food crisis - Niger, September 17-October 14, 2005

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 55, Issue 43, 2006, Pages 1172-1176

  Aguayo, V ^a   Zagre, N ^a   Koumbe, K ^b   Tomczyk, B ^e   Blanton, C ^c   Reza, A ^d  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b Niger Ministry of Health   (Niger)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e CDC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33750611669     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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