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03008cam a2200313 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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59290210702 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9290210702 |
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(Sirsi) 9290210702 |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QU 146 JA2 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
891109s1989 eng |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Guidelines for the development of a food and nutrition surveillance system for countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region : |
| Remainder of title |
based on the deliberations of a WHO/FAO Intercountry Meeting on Nutrition Surveillance, Islamabad, Pakistan, October 1988. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Alexandria : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean , |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1989. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
58 p. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
WHO EMRO technical publication ; |
| Volume/sequential designation |
no. 13 |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Presents technical and practical guidelines for the development of a system that uses close and continuous monitoring of food supplies and nutritional status to predict food emergencies and prepare for an adequate response. The guidelines, which are specific to food problems in Eastern Mediterranean countries, take on particular importance in view of evidence that emergency relief operations and supplies during a disaster generally fail to prevent mass starvation. Though emphasis is placed on the need to avoid food crises and malnutrition, all clinical disorders linked to either dietary deficiencies or excess are considered when outlining the components of a surveillance system. The first half of the book is addressed to senior policy-makers and administrators who need to understand the essential place of systematic monitoring in the machinery by which a government safeguards the nutritional status of its population. To this end, readers are given a precise explanation of the design and function of a surveillance system, followed by information on the major determinants of nutritional status and their causal sequence in the production of disease. Other sections list twelve key indicators used to monitor malnutrition and detect the presence of diet-related clinical disease and explain the main ways to obtain data on each of these indicators. The second half of the book, addressed to technical personnel, concentrates on the technical information needed to develop and implement a surveillance system. Details range from extensive and short lists of indicators of nutritional status, through advice on the use and interpretation of anthropometric indicators, to tables setting out standard reference values for weight-for-height, weight-for-age, and height-for-age. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
ara eng. |
| 550 ## - ISSUING BODY NOTE |
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| Issuing body note |
WHODOC |
| 561 ## - OWNERSHIP AND CUSTODIAL HISTORY |
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| History |
WHO monograph |
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4 |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nutrition surveys |
| General subdivision |
methods. |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nutritional status. |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Food. |
| 651 #2 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Eastern Mediterranean. |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nutrition and Food Safety. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
World Health Organization. |
| Subordinate unit |
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. |
| 711 0# - ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME |
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| Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
WHO/FAO Intercountry Meeting on Nutrition Surveillance |
| Date of meeting |
(1988 : |
| Location of meeting |
Islamabad, Pakistan) |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/">https://apps.who.int/iris/</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
NLM Classification Scheme |
| Koha item type |
Books |
