Prevalence of malnutrition and anemia among preschool children in Kenitra, Morocco

Nutritional Therapy and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-76

  El Hioui, Mohamed ^a   Farsi, Maryem ^a   Aboussaleh, Youssef ^a   Ahami, Ahmed Omar Touhami ^a   Achicha, Abdelali ^b  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Regional Health Direction   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Malnutrition; Morocco; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149336026     PISSN: 18286232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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