Surviving but Not Quite Thriving: Anthropometric Survey of Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in a Rural Western Uganda District

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1983-1988

  Jilcott, Stephanie B ^a   Masso, Karen L ^a   Ickes, Scott B ^a   Myhre, Scott D ^a   Myhre, Jennifer A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 35349002793     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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