Assessment of nutritional status in the Amazigh children of Amizmiz (Azgour Valley, High Atlas and Morocco)

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 406-408

  Buffa, Roberto ^a   Baali, Abdellatif ^b   Lahmam, Abdelaziz ^b   Amor, Hakima ^b   Zouini, Mariam ^b   Floris, Giovanni ^a   Racugno, Walter ^a   Domínguez Bello, María G ^c   Marini, Elisabetta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bioimpedance; Developing countries; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOROCCO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MOROCCO; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 73149113075     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp032     Document Type: Article

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