The prevalence of malnutrition among high and low altitude preschool children of southwestern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-121

  Al Hashem, Fahaid H ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 40949159795     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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