Regional case studies - Africa

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series: Pediatric Program

Volumn 63, Issue , 2009, Pages 33-46

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; POVERTY;

EID: 66149084923     PISSN: 16616677     EISSN: 16623878     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000209971     Document Type: Article

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