Food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in Maewo and Ambae islands, Vanuatu

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 798-807

  Renzaho, Andre M N ^a,b  

^a WORLD VISION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food security; Maewo; Malnutrition; Mortality; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUNGER; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; STATISTICS; VANUATU;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANUATU;

EID: 33846794459     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005902     Document Type: Article

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