Community-Based Longitudinal Nutrition and Health Studies : Classical Examples from Guatemala, Haiti and Mexico (International Nutrition Foundation for Developing Countries - INFDC, 1995, 184 pages)

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Contributors to this volume

Preface

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Reference

Introduction

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References

1. A comparison of supplementary feeding and medical care of preschool children in Guatemala, 1959-1964

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Introduction

Experimental design (I: Scrimshaw et al., 1967a)

Results

Collateral studies

Discussion of results

Medical, social, and public health benefits of the study

References

Notes

2. The Santa María Cauqué study: Health and survival of Mayan Indians under deprivation, Guatemala

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Introduction

Methodology

Main results

Interventions in Santa María Cauqué

Determinants of health

Concluding comment

Acknowledgments

References

Notes

3. The effect of malnutrition on human development

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Introduction: Chronic malnutrition

A poor village: Its reality and problems

The longitudinal intervention study: Design and implementation

The first eight months of life

The ''valley of death'' between 8 and 20 months

The preschool survivor and the nutritional crisis at school entrance

The teenager who was malnourished as a child

Comments: Nutrition in the life cycle and social development

References

Notes

4. The INCAP longitudinal study (1969-1977) and its follow-up (1988-1989): An overview of results

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Introduction

The INCAP longitudinal study (1969-1977)

Guatemalan follow-up study (1987-1988)

Concluding remarks

Acknowledgments

References

Notes

5. A prospective study of community health and nutrition in rural Haiti from 1968 to 1993

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Introduction

Background on Haiti

Materials and methods

Results

Discussion

Acknowledgements

References

Bibliography

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