Nutritional interventions in refugee camps on Jordan's eastern border: Assessment of status of vulnerable groups

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-193

  Khatib, I M ^a   Samrah, S M ^a   Zghol, F M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING SYNDROME; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; IRAQ; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAQ; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 76649122161     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.2.187     Document Type: Article

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