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Nutritional status of children under the age of 5 years in northern Gazankulu. A cross-sectional assessment.
- Source :
-
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 1984 Mar 03; Vol. 65 (9), pp. 346-7. - Publication Year :
- 1984
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Abstract
- A cross-sectional study of the nutritional status of 658 children under 5 years of age was carried out in one district in Gazankulu. Of these children, 29,8% were below the 3rd percentile of weight for age of the 1976 National Center for Health Statistics standards; in the 1 - 2-year age group this figure was 38,2%. A small group, 1,8%, weighed less than 60% of expected weight for age. The presence of a clinic in a village seems to have no influence on the percentage of underweight children.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0256-9574
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6608157