Ali, Moazzam; Shahab, Saqib; Ushijima, Hiroshi; de … - In: Social Science & Medicine 59 (2004) 8, pp. 1707-1717
This paper examines the social conditions and nutritional status of street children in Pakistan. Nutritional status is evaluated by an assessment of height and weight relative to age. A heterogeneous sample of 108 street children in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad was studied. One...