Malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies among bhutanese refugee children - Nepal, 2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 370-373

  Abdalla, F ^a   Mutharia, J ^a   Rimal, N ^b   Bilukha, O ^c   Talley, L ^c   Handzel, T ^c   Bamrah, S ^d  

^a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^b Assoc of Medical Doctors of Asia   (Nepal)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d CDC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BHUTAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; STATISTICS;

BHUTAN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFUGEES;

EID: 41949138807     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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