Malnutrition and morbidity among children not reached by the national vitamin A capsule programme in urban slum areas of Indonesia

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-378

  Berger, S G ^a   de Pee, S ^b   Bloem, M W ^a,c   Halati, S ^b   Semba, R D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Policy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Diarrhoea; Immunization; Indonesia; Malnutrition; Morbidity; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; CHILD MORTALITY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEATH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG CAPSULE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 39949085417     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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