Nutritional status and its correlates in Equatorial Guinean preschool children: Results from a nationally representative survey

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Custodio, Estefanía ^a   Descalzo, Miguel Ángel ^a   Roche, Jesús ^a   Sánchez, Ignacio ^a   Molina, Laura ^b   Lwanga, Magdalena ^c   Bernis, Cristina ^d   Villamor, Eduardo ^e   Baylin, Ana ^f  

^a Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^b Reference Laboratory for the Control of Endemic Diseases of Equatorial Guinea   (Equatorial Guinea)

^c Ministerio de Salud y Bienestar Social   (Equatorial Guinea)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Equatorial Guinea; Nutritional status; Preschool children; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 42149146639     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650802900106     Document Type: Article

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