Nutritional assessment of rural villages and estates in Peninsular Malaysia II. Nutritional status of children aged 18 years and below

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-47

  Lin, Khor Geok ^a   Siong, Tee E ^b   Yassin, Zaitun ^a   Wai, Tony Ng Kock ^b   Lee, Mary Huang Soo ^a   Hashim, Normah ^a   Kandiab, Mirnalini ^a   Leng, Chee Heng ^a   Rosman, Azriman ^b   Marjan, Zamaliah ^a   Taib, Mohd Nasir Mohd ^a   Manju, Kumari ^b   Daud, Wan Nudri Wan ^b   Ibrahim, Aziz ^b   Dev, Rama ^b   Yusof, Safiah Mohd ^c   Yusof, Azmi Md ^c   UPM IMR, ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^d NONE

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