Nutritional status and risk of morbidity among young Gambian children allowing for social and environmental factors
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 83 (2) , 282-287
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(89)90681-0
Abstract
A prospective study of the relationship between anthropometric indices and subsequent morbidity was conducted during 2 seasons in young children in anKeywords
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