Nutritional status and mortality of highland children in Nepal: Impact of sociocultural factors

Nutritional status and mortality of highland children in Nepal: Impact of sociocultural factors

This study investigates the nutritional status of native children in the highlands of Nepal (1,700–3,000 m) and explores the relationship between child mortality and surviving children's nutritional status. A random sample of 145 households from 11 villages in the Koshi Hill Zone in east Nepal...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of physical anthropology 1996-10, Vol.101 (2), p.137-144
Hauptverfasser: Huijbers, P. M. J. F., Hendriks, J. L. M., Gerver, W. J. M., De Jong, P. J., De Meer, K.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Altitude
Anthropometry
caste
Child
child mortality
Child, Preschool
Children
Cultural Deprivation
Ethnology
Female
Human ecology, environment
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
malnutrition
Morphological source materials
Mortality
Nepal
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Physical anthropology
Physical anthropology, ethnobiology
Random Allocation
sibling death
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigates the nutritional status of native children in the highlands of Nepal (1,700–3,000 m) and explores the relationship between child mortality and surviving children's nutritional status. A random sample of 145 households from 11 villages in the Koshi Hill Zone in east Nepal was surveyed, and the nutritional status of the 438 children
ISSN:0002-9483
1096-8644
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199610)101:2<137::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-#