The prevalence of malnutrition and its risk factors in children attending outpatient clinics in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-240

  Maia, Marcelle M M ^a,b,c   Fausto, Maria A ^a,b,c   Vieira, Erica L M ^a,b,c   Benetton, Maria L F N ^a,b,c   Carneiro, Mariângela ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Children; Malnutrition; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66149164757     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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