Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 years) in District Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 34-39

  Khan Khattak, M M A ^a   Ali, S ^b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Public Health Services Academy   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Factors; Nutritional status assessment; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 77954703768     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2010.34.39     Document Type: Article

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