Nutritional status compared with nutritional history of preschool aged children in gaza strip: Cross sectional study

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-290

  Kanoa, Basil J ^a   Zabut, Baker M ^b   Harried, Amin T ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Islamic University Gaza   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Gaza strip; Nutritional history; Nutritional status; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PALESTINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICE; STUNTING; WEANING;

EID: 79955584976     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.282.290     Document Type: Article

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