Current prevalence and predictors of protein-energy malnutrition among schoolchildren in rural peninsular Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 932-941

  Hesham Al Mekhlafi, M S ^a   Surin, Johari ^a   Atiya, A S ^a   Ariffin, W A ^a   Mohammed Mahdy, A K ^a   Che Abdullah, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 60249089625     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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