No improvement in weight-for-age of young children in southern Senegal, 1969-1992, despite a drastic reduction in mortality. Evidence from a growth monitoring programme | Zendy

S. Pinchinat | Zendy

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No improvement in weight-for-age of young children in southern Senegal, 1969-1992, despite a drastic reduction in mortality. Evidence from a growth monitoring programme

Author(s) -

S. Pinchinat

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyh174

Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , demography , malnutrition , weight for age , child mortality , pediatrics , public health , dispensary , infant mortality , population , overweight , environmental health , obesity , nursing , family medicine , pathology , sociology

Undernutrition is associated with an increased risk of death among young children in developing countries. Infant and child nutritional status and mortality were monitored in a rural area of Casamance, Senegal.

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