The nutritional status of young children and feeding practices two years after the Wenchuan earthquake in the worst-affected areas in China

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-108

  Sun, Jing ^a   Huo, Junsheng ^a   Zhao, Liyun ^a   Fu, Ping ^a   Wang, Jie ^a   Huang, Jian ^a   Wang, Lijuan ^a   Song, Pengkun ^a   Fang, Zheng ^b   Chang, Suying ^c   Yin, Shian ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Ma, Guansheng ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Food Fortification Office   (China)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Child growth; Complementary feeding; Earthquake disaster; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; DIET; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; DIET; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEALS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84873274415     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.1.19     Document Type: Article

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