Prevalence of malnutrition in under 6-year olds in south khorasan, iran

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-441

  Sharifzadeh, Gholamreza ^a   Mehrjoofard, Hassan ^a   Raghebi, Soori ^a  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Malnutrition; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 78650396678     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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