editors, Richard D. Semba, Martin W. Bloem ; foreword by Peter Piot
2nd ed
Totowa, NJ :
Humana Press,
c2008
1 online resource (xxiii, 931 p.) :
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Nutrition and health
Includes bibliographical references and index
Nutrition and Development: A Historical Perspective; Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries; Low Birth Weight and Neonatal Mortality; Infant Mortality; Child Growth and Development; Diarrheal Diseases; Acute Lower Respiratory Infections; Measles; Malaria and Nutrition; Tuberculosis; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Malnutrition; Vitamin A Deficiency; Nutritional Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency; Zinc Deficiency; Iron Deficiency and Anemia; Iodine Deficiency Disorders; Multiple Micronutrient Malnutrition; Nutrition in the Elderly in Developing Countries
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Offers information regarding major health and nutritional problems in developing countries. This work contains chapters relevant to humanitarian emergencies, including a case study of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, food in humanitarian relief, food policy, the role of supermarkets in developing countries, homestead food production and aging
Nutrition and health in developing countries.
193411524X
SpringerLink
Malnutrition-- Developing countries
Nutrition-- Developing countries
Public health-- Developing countries
Developing Countries-- statistics & numerical data