Child health and nutrition in the Western Brazilian Amazon: population-based surveys in two counties in Acre State

The article presents prevalence rates for malnutrition, intestinal parasitic infections, anemia, and iron deficiency in under-five children in a population-based cross-sectional survey performed in the urban area of two counties in the Western Brazilian Amazon, Assis Brasil (n = 200) and Acrelandia...

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Main Authors: Pascoal Torres Muniz, Teresa Gontijo de Castro, Thiago Santos de Araújo, Nara Barros Nunes, Mônica da Silva-Nunes, Erika Hellena Esther Hoffmann, Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, Marly Augusto Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2007-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2007000600004&lng=en&tlng=en