Nutritional status and determinants of malnutrition in children under three years of age in Nghean, Vietnam

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 958-964

  Hien, Nguyen Ngoc ^a   Hoa, Nguyen Ngoc ^b  

^a VINH UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b Nghean General Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Child; Malnutrition; Nghean; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERWEIGHT; VIET NAM; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 66949130379     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.958.964     Document Type: Article

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