Child malnutrition and the Millennium Development Goals: Much haste but less speed?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages S19-S22

  Oruamabo, Raphael S ^a  

^a NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEATH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANCY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; MOTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOALS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84923769284     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305384     Document Type: Article

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