Nutritional status of indigenous children younger than five years of age in Mexico: results of a national probabilistic survey

• Main Authors: Rivera Juan A (Author), Monterrubio Eric A (Author), González-Cossío Teresa (Author), García-Feregrino Raquel (Author), García-Guerra Armando (Author), Sepúlveda-Amor Jaime (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence of undernutrition and anemia in indigenous and non-indigenous children <5 years of age at the national level, by region and by urban and rural areas, and to evaluate the degree to which the socioeconomic condition of the family predicts the differences. MATERI...