Titre :
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The unseen face of humanitarian crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo : was nutritional relief properly targeted ? (2000)
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Auteurs :
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Denis Porignon ;
M. DRAMAIX ;
L. ELONGO ;
P. HENNART ;
I. KATULANYA ;
N. NTALEMWA ;
R. TONGLET ;
Co-operation Actions - Cemubac Team. Goma. COG ;
School of Public Health. Free University of Brussels Ulb Brussels. BEL ;
Scientific and Medical Centre of the Free University of Brussels Ulb for its Co-operation Actions - Cemubac Team. Brussels. BEL
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 54, n° 1, 2000)
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Pagination :
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6-9
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Réfugié
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Epidémiologie
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Facteur risque
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Enfant
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Homme
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Congo Brazzaville
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Afrique
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Etude comparée
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Rwanda
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Alimentation
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 4dPyR0xt. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objective-Comparison of children's nutritional status in refugee populations with that of local host populations, one year after outbreak refugee crisis in the North Kivu region of Democratic Republic of Congo. Design-Cross sectional surveys. Setting-Temporary and other settlements, in the town of Goma and surrounding rural areas. Subjects-Anthropometric indicators of nutritional status and presence or absence of oedema were measured among 5121 children aged 6 to 59 months recruited by cluster sampling with probability proportional to size, between June and August 1995. Results-Children in all locations demonstrated a typical pattern of growth deficit relative to international reference. Prevalence of acute malnutrition (wt/ht
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