Is undernutrition a problem among Turkish school children?: Which factors have an influence on it?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-426

  Gür, Emel ^a,c   Can, Günay ^a   Akkuş, Semra ^a   Ercan, Gökmen ^a   Arvas, Ahmet ^a   Güzelöz, Şima ^b   Çifçili, Serdar ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ayhan ahenk Foundation   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Sociodemographic factors; Stunting; Undernutrition; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STUNTING SYNDROME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33845687490     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml031     Document Type: Article

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