The effect of an international embargo on malnutrition and childhood mortality in rural Haiti

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 501-513

  Reid, Britt C ^a   Psoter, Walter J ^b   Gebrian, Bette ^b   Min, Qi Wang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; MALNUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAITI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RURAL POPULATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI;

EID: 34547885031     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/MR65-2605-1285-0406     Document Type: Article

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