Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 400-411 , May 2006

Nutritional status and associated factors in children aged 0–23 months in Granada, Nicaragua

  • K. Sakisaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Planning, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5841 3688; fax: +81 3 5841 3637.
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  • S. Wakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • C. Kuroiwa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Planning, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • L. Cuadra Flores

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Republic of Nicaragua
    • ,
  • I. Kai

      Affiliations

    • Institute for International Cooperation (IFIC), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan
    • ,
  • M. Mercedes Arago´n

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Republic of Nicaragua
    • ,
  • K. Hanada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Gerontology, Graduate School of Medicine, The university of Tokyo, Japan

Received 13 January 2005 ,Revised 3 June 2005 ,Accepted 13 October 2005.

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PII: S0033-3506(05)00274-X

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.018

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 400-411 , May 2006

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