Malnutrition among children younger than 5 years-old in conflict zones of Chiapas, Mexico

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-232

  Sánchez Pérez, Héctor Javier ^a,b   Hernán, Miguel A ^c   Ríos González, Adriana ^a   Arana Cedeño, Marcos ^d   Navarro, Albert ^e   Ford, Douglas ^f   Micek, Mark A ^g   Brentlinger, Paula ^g  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b Researcher in Grups de Recerca d'America i Àfrica Llatines GRAAL 2014 SGR 1175   (Spain)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Y Ciencias Médicas   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD WELFARE; CONFLICT; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POLITICS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; VIOLENCE; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 33846902627     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070409     Document Type: Review

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