Nutritional deficiencies in the developing world: Current status and opportunities for intervention

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1409-1441

  Khan, Yasir ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dietary supplementation; Disease burden; Food Insecurity; Malnurtition; Micronutrients; Stunting; Undernutrition; Wasting

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WASTING SYNDROME; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78649404261     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2010.09.016     Document Type: Review

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