Nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in three hurricane-affected areas of Honduras Estado nutricional de niños menores de 5 años en tres zona de Honduras azotadas por un huracán

• Main Authors: Roberto E. Barrios, James P. Stansbury, Rosa Palencia, Marco T. Medina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2000
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Pequeña
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/3190f5d2eb9f498e925dff0842e2e29f

Hurricanes and other natural disasters can produce crop destruction, population displacement, infrastructure damage, and long-term public health consequences that include increased malnutrition among the affected populations. This paper presents the results of anthropometric measurements taken of 29...