Journal article
Nutritional status at diagnosis of cancer in children and adolescents in Guatemala and its relationship to socioeconomic disadvantage: A retrospective cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: At least 80% of children with cancer live in low- and middle-income countries where the prevalence of malnutrition and socioeconomic disadvantage is high. We examined the relationship between nutritional status (NS), assessed by arm anthropometry, and socioeconomic status (SES) in children diagnosed with cancer at Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica (UNOP) in Guatemala over a three-year period.
METHOD: Patients aged 0 to 18 …
Authors
Villanueva G; Blanco J; Rivas S; Molina AL; Lopez N; Fuentes AL; Muller L; Caceres A; Antillon F; Ladas E
Journal
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Vol. 66, No. 6,
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
June 2019
DOI
10.1002/pbc.27647
ISSN
1545-5009