Nutritional status of children below five years in Malaysia: Anthropometric Analyses from the Third National Health and Morbidity survey III (NHMS, 2006)

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-136

  Khor, G L ^a   Noor Safiza, M N ^b   Jamalludin, A B ^c   Jamaiyah, H ^d   Geeta, A ^d   Kee, C C ^e   Rahmah, R ^f   Alan Wong, F N ^b   Suzana, S ^f   Ahmad, A Z ^b   Ruzita, A T ^f   Ahmad, F Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Institute for Public Health   (Malaysia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Clinical Research Centre   (Malaysia)

^e INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children below 5 years; Nutritional status; Third NHMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952903000     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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