22Jan 2020

PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN CHILDREN IN KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

  • Assistant professor of pediatric at the Pediatric Nephrology Department in East Jeddah General Hospital, Jeddah.
  • Pediatric resident , Heraa General Hospital - Makkah, KSA.
  • Medical intern , KSA.
  • 4. Medical students, MBBS, KSA.
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[Mariam Mohammed Alrsheedy, Shatha Hesham Bakor, Jawaher Ali Alzahrani, Eman Mohammed Taiyb, Ezdehar Hassan Al-Rowaithi, Doaa Jalal Saad, Nieveen Abdullah Tunkar, Arwah Ahmed Zaid, Salah Hassan Al Ghamdi, Muhannad Abdulmohsen Alahmadi, AmwajFaisal Ageeli, Abdulaziz Munahi Alanazi, Aws Hisham Aldajani, Abdulrhman Omar Sangouf and Mahmoud Jamil Bashawri (2020); PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN CHILDREN IN KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Jan). 134-144] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr. Hoda Jehad Abousada
MBBS, BSHC, MGS, KSA (postal address: jeddah, Al-Thaghr neighborhood 22338.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10274      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10274