Nutritional status, feeding practice and incidence of infectious diseases among children aged 6 to 18 months in northern mountainous Vietnam

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-53

  Nakamori, Masayo ^a   Ninh, Nguyen Xuan ^b   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^b   Huong, Cao Thu ^b   Tuan, Nguyen Anh ^b   Mai, Le Bach ^b   Hien, Vu Thi Thu ^b   Nhung, Bui Thi ^b   Nakano, Takashi ^c   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^d   Kusama, Kaoru ^e   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^c MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d AOMORI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant and child; Infectious disease; Undernutrition; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; VIET NAM; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 77749277363     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.57.45     Document Type: Article

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