Nutritional status and risk factors of chronic malnutrition in children under five years of age in Aydin, a western city of Turkey

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-289

  Ergin, Filiz ^a   Okyay, Pinar ^a   Atasoylu, Gonca ^a   Beşer, Erdal ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Child malnutrition; Prevalence; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SECURITY; STUNTING SYNDROME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY;

EID: 35048848411     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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