Detection of moderate protein-energy malnutrition in pre-school children
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Detection of moderate protein-energy malnutrition in pre-school children.
Several biochemical and anthropometric tests were used to define the states of mild or moderate protein-energy malnutrition among 810 children aged under five years in the forest region of Southern Cameroon. The results show that the percentage and the identity of children classified as undernourished may be different according to the anthropometric test employed. The mean values of most of the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0035-9203
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(80)90242-4