Distributions of mortality risk attributable to low nutritional status in Niakhar, Senegal

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2893-2900

  Garenne, Michel ^a   Maire, Bernard ^b   Fontaine, Olivier ^c   Briend, André ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d IRD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENEGAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 33751087796     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.11.2893     Document Type: Article

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