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BL
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603757
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b432976
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| Title & Author
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Nutrition and health in developing countries\ editors, Richard D. Semba, Martin W. Bloem ; foreword by Peter Piot
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Totowa, NJ :: Humana Press,, c2008
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| Series Statement
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Nutrition and health
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xxiii, 931 p.) :: ill., ports
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| ISBN
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9781597454643
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: 1597454648
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: 193411524x
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: 9781934115244
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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
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Malnutrition-- Developing countries
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Nutrition-- Developing countries
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Public health-- Developing countries
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Developing Countries-- statistics numerical data
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Nutrition Disorders-- epidemiology
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Nutrition Disorders-- complications, Statistics
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Nutrition Physiology, Statistics
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Nutrition Policy, Statistics
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Public Health-- trends, Statistics
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| LC Classification
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RA645.N87N847 2008eb
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Semba, Richard D
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Bloem, Martin W
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