Nutritional assessment of pre-school children in rural villages of the family dynamics, lifestyles and nutrition study (1997-2001): II. Prevalence of undernutrition and relationship to household socio-economic indicators

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-53

  Leng, Chee Heng ^a   Lin, Khor Geok ^a   Arshad, Fatimah ^b   Muda, Wan Abdul Manan Wan ^c   Taib, Mohd Nasir Mohd ^a   Safii, Nik Shanita ^b   Karim, Norimah Abdul ^b   Husin, Norlela Mohd ^d   Hashim, Normah ^a   Koon, Pob Bee ^b   Yusof, Rokiab Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

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