A survey of undernutrition in children under three years of age in rural Western China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pei, Leilei ^a   Ren, Lin ^b   Yan, Hong ^a,c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI AN NO 4 HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Therapeutic Vaccines Engineering Center of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Undernutrition; Western China

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893164014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-121     Document Type: Review

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