Household food insecurity and dietary diversity as correlates of maternal and child undernutrition in rural Cambodia

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 242-246

  McDonald, C M ^a   McLean, J ^b   Kroeun, H ^c   Talukder, A ^c   Lynd, L D ^b   Green, T J ^b  

^a Famine Early Warning Systems Network   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD MALNUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOUSEHOLD DIETARY DIVERSITY SCORE; HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY ACCESS SCALE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CAMBODIA; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922241917     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.161     Document Type: Article

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