Trends in the nutritional status of Saudi children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 884-887

  El Mouzan, Mohammad I ^a   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   Al Omar, Ahmad A ^b   Qurachi, Mansour M ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Al Yamawah Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 49149088383     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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