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8502428

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
The community-based Iraq Infant and Child Mortality and Nutrition Survey was designed to estimate mortality and nutritional status of Iraqi infants and children under five years of age after the Gulf conflict of 1991. This article presents results from a nationwide nutritional survey conducted between August 25 and September 5, 1991. A random multistage cluster sample was selected, including a subsample of 2676 children in the anthropometric analysis. The percentage below -2 standard deviations was 21.8% for height-for-age, 11.9% for weight-for-age, and 3.4% for weight-for-height. It is possible that the observed prevalence of wasting was an underestimate, resulting from a survivor bias. This observation suggests that cross-sectional nutritional surveys may not be the most appropriate method for assessing the effect of the Gulf conflict on the nutritional status of children in Iraq. Longitudinal information on child mortality and nutritional status would be more useful in predicting the likelihood of famine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0029-6643
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
74-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Malnutrition in Iraqi children following the Gulf War: results of a national survey.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't