Factors associated with malnutrition in children aged under five years in Lubumbashi (DRC);Facteurs prédictifs de la malnutrition chez les enfants âgés de moins de cinq ans à Lubumbashi (RDC)

Sante Publique

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-550

  Mukalay, Abdon W M ^a   Kalenga, Prosper M K ^a,b   Dramaix, Michèle ^c   Hennart, Philippe ^c   Schirvel, Carole ^c   Kabamba, Lydia M ^a   Kabyla, Benjamin I ^a   Donnen, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LUBUMBASHI   (Congo)

^b CEPIMER Centre Pilote Pour la Médecine de la Reproduction   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Democratic republic of congo (DRC); Nutritional status; Predictors; Stunted growth; Wasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649600797     PISSN: 09953914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/spub.105.0541     Document Type: Article

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