Effects of education of the head of the household on the prevalence of malnutrition in children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-307

  El Mouzan, Mohammad I ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a   Qurachi, Mansour M ^b   Al Omar, Ahmad A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EDUCATION; HEIGHT FOR AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; WEIGHT FOR AGE; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77949667301     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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