Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 1 in Latin America and the Caribbean: The importance of the choice of indicator for undernutrition;Avancées vers l'objectif 1 du Millénaire pour le développement en Amérique latine et aux Caraïbes: De l'importance du choix de l'indicateur de dénutrition

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-30

  Lutter, Chessa K ^a   Chaparro, Camila M ^b   Muñoz, Sergio ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CHILD HEALTH; GROWTH RATE; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; STARVATION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALNUTRITION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUNTING; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT;

BODY HEIGHT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; THINNESS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 78651088319     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.078618     Document Type: Article

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