Child nutrition and lower respiratory tract disease burden in New Zealand: A global context for a national perspective

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Grant, Cameron C ^a,b   Wall, Clare R ^a   Gibbons, Megan J ^a,c   Morton, Susan M ^d   Santosham, Mathuram ^e   Black, Robert E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (New Zealand)

^c General Paediatrics   (New Zealand)

^d OTAGO POLYTECHNIC   (New Zealand)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; child pre school; communicable disease; malnutrition; New Zealand; respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEW ZEALAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80051906720     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01868.x     Document Type: Review

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