Prevalence and sociodemographic factors of malnutrition among children in Malaysia

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-42

  Khambalia, Amina Z ^a,c,d   Lim, Siew S ^a   Gill, Tim ^b   Bulgiba, Awang M ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Epidemiology; Malnutrition; Overweight; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALNUTRITION; MONITORING SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; URBANIZATION; WEIGHT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84859066547     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651203300103     Document Type: Article

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