Diet and nutritional status among children 24-59 months by seasons in a mountainous area of Northern Vietnam in 2012

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Huong, Le Thi ^a   Xuan, Le Thi Thanh ^a   Phuong, Le Hong ^a   Huyen, Doan Thi Thu ^a   Rocklöv, Joacim ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Nutritional status; Seasons; Tuyen Quang; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DIET; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEASON; VIET NAM;

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; THINNESS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84940398609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23121     Document Type: Article

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