Nutritional status of women and child refugees from Syria — Jordan, April–May 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 29, 2014, Pages 638-639

  Bilukha, Oleg O ^a   Jayasekaran, Douglas ^b   Burton, Ann ^b   Faender, Gabriele ^c   King’Ori, James ^d   Amiri, Mohammad ^d   Jessen, Dorte ^e   Leidman, Eva ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^c Medair International   (United States)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEES; SYRIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904549610     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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