Nutritional status of preschool children in informal settlement areas near Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Nutritional status of preschool children in informal settlement areas near Bloemfontein, South Africa.
OBJECTIVE To determine the nutritional status and household resources of preschool children. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING : Two informal settlement areas, Joe Slovo (JS) and JB Mafora (JBM) in Mangaung, near Bloemfontein, South Africa. SUBJECTS Preschool children (<72 months) of a randomly selected sample of households in JS (experimental) (n = 162) and JBM (control) (n = 186)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980000000343