Malnutrition Among Children Younger Than 5 Years-Old in Conflict Zones of Chiapas, Mexico Export

@article{citeulike:5896927, abstract = {We performed a cross-sectional, community-based survey, supplemented by interviews with community leaders in Chiapas, Mexico, to examine the prevalence and predictors of child malnutrition in regions affected by the Zapatista conflict. The prevalence rates of stunting, wasting, and underweight were 54.1\%, 2.9\%, and 20.3\%, respectively, in 2666 children aged younger than 5 years. Stunting was associated with indigenous ethnicity, poverty, region of residence, and intracommunity division. The results indicate that malnutrition is a serious public health problem in the studied regions. 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070409}, author = {Sanchez-Perez, Hector J. and Hernan, Miguel A. and Rios-Gonzalez, Adriana and Arana-Cedeno, Marcos and Navarro, Albert and Ford, Douglas and Micek, Mark A. and Brentlinger, Paula}, citeulike-article-id = {5896927}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.070409}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ajph.org/content/97/2/229.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.ajph.org/content/97/2/229.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17194868}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17194868}, day = {1}, doi = {10.2105/AJPH.2005.070409}, journal = {Am J Public Health}, keywords = {indirect, mexico}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {229--232}, posted-at = {2009-10-06 08:26:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Malnutrition Among Children Younger Than 5 Years-Old in Conflict Zones of Chiapas, Mexico}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.070409}, volume = {97}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5896927 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5896927 N2 - We performed a cross-sectional, community-based survey, supplemented by interviews with community leaders in Chiapas, Mexico, to examine the prevalence and predictors of child malnutrition in regions affected by the Zapatista conflict. The prevalence rates of stunting, wasting, and underweight were 54.1%, 2.9%, and 20.3%, respectively, in 2666 children aged younger than 5 years. Stunting was associated with indigenous ethnicity, poverty, region of residence, and intracommunity division. The results indicate that malnutrition is a serious public health problem in the studied regions. 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070409 IS - 2 JF - Am J Public Health EP - 232 TI - Malnutrition Among Children Younger Than 5 Years-Old in Conflict Zones of Chiapas, Mexico VL - 97 SP - 229 KW - indirect KW - mexico AU - Sanchez-Perez, Hector AU - Hernan, Miguel AU - Rios-Gonzalez, Adriana AU - Arana-Cedeno, Marcos AU - Navarro, Albert AU - Ford, Douglas AU - Micek, Mark AU - Brentlinger, Paula PY - 2007/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.070409 ER -