Anemia, malnutrition and their correlations with socio-demographic characteristics and feeding practices among infants aged 0-18 months in rural areas of Shaanxi province in northwestern China: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Wenfang ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Li, Ying ^b   Zhang, Shuiping ^c   Liu, Liming ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a   Li, Weimin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Family Planning Service Center of xi'An   (China)

^c Xi'an Children's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cross sectional study; Infants; Malnutrition; Micronutrient deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ANEMIA; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871600995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1127     Document Type: Article

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