Seasonal variation in the nutritional status of children aged 6 to 60 months in a resettlement village in West Timor

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-456

  Miller, Jacqueline ^a   Ritchie, Brett ^b   Tran, Cuong ^c   Beggs, Sean ^d   Lada, Christina Olly ^e   Whetter, Kathryn ^f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Flinders Overseas Health Group   (Australia)

^c Gastroenterology Unit   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e Nusa Cendana University   (Indonesia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Child; Growth; Malnutrition; Micronutrients; Preschool

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEASON;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84883769163     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.3.10     Document Type: Article

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