Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

Keywords

Environmental healthMedicineBreastfeedingMalnutritionWastingChild mortalityBurden of diseaseDisease burdenGlobal healthPsychological interventionDisability-adjusted life yearBreast feedingPediatricsPublic healthPopulation

MeSH Terms

Child MortalityChild WelfareChildPreschoolFemaleGlobal HealthHumansInfantIodineIron DeficienciesMalnutritionMaternal MortalityMaternal WelfareNutritional StatusPovertyPrevalenceSeverity of Illness IndexVitamin A DeficiencyWasting Syndrome

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Year: 2008
Type: review
Volume: 371
Issue: 9608
Pages: 243-260
Citations: 6354
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                                    Robert E. Black, 
                                
                                    Lindsay H. Allen, 
                                
                                    Zulfiqar A Bhutta
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 371
                            (9608)
                            , 243-260.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61690-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61690-0
PMID: 18207566

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