Trends in low birthweight among the Bhutanese refugee population in Nepal

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Shrimpton, Roger ^a   Thorne Lyman, Andrew ^b   Tripp, Katie ^c   Tomkin, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b World Food Programme   (Italy)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Food supplementation; LOow birthweight; Micronutrients; Pregnancy; Refugee

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 68949154391     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265090302s203     Document Type: Article

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