Mortality rates, prevalence of malnutrition, and prevalence of lost pregnancies among the drought-ravaged population of Tete Province, Mozambique

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-34

  Renzaho, Andre M N ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

human immunodeficiency virus acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV AIDS); lost pregnancies; malnutrition; mortality; Mozambique; Tete Province

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 34250158091     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004301     Document Type: Article

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