Nutritional status of children after a food-supplementation program integrated with routine health care through mobile clinics in migrant communities in the Dominican Republic

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 559-564

  Parikh, Kavita ^a   Marein Efron, Gabriela ^b   Huang, Shirley ^b   O'Hare, Geraldine ^b   Finalle, Rodney ^b   Shah, Samir S ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIGRATION; MOBILE CLINIC; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77957042269     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0485     Document Type: Article

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