Risk factors for protein-energy malnutrition in children under 5 years: Study from Luangprabang province, Laos

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 260-265

  Phengxay, Manilay ^a   Ali, Moazzam ^a   Yagyu, Fumihiro ^a   Soulivanh, Phengxay ^a   Kuroiwa, Chushi ^a   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Children under 5 years; Laos; Nutrition status; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEAT; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; VEGETABLE; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAOS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34147190406     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02354.x     Document Type: Article

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