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

• Main Authors: Pascoal Torres Muniz (Author), Teresa Gontijo de Castro (Author), Thiago Santos de Araújo (Author), Nara Barros Nunes (Author), Mônica da Silva-Nunes (Author), Erika Hellena Esther Hoffmann (Author), Marcelo Urbano Ferreira (Author), Marly Augusto Cardoso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...