Prevalence of malnutrition among pre-school children in, South-east Nigeria

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Manyike, Pius C ^a   Chinawa, Josephat M ^b   Ubesie, Agozie ^b   Obu, Herbert A ^b   Odetunde, Odutola I ^b   Chinawa, Awoere T ^b  

^a Federal Teaching Hospital Abakiliki   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Malnutrition; Nigeria; Pre school; Z score

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84908179395     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-014-0075-5     Document Type: Article

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