Nutritional status of Libyan children in 2000 compared with 1979

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 261-271

  Hameida, J ^a   Billot, L ^a  

^a Dept Environnement et Sante Publique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LIBYA; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4444314295     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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