Secular trends in the growth of children aged 0-6 years in a rural Nigerian community

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Oyedeji, G A ^a   Olamijulo, S K ^a   Osinaike, A I ^a   Esimai, V C ^a   Odunusi, E O ^a   Aladekomo, T A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD REARING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; CHILD GROWTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGE;

NIGERIA, OSUN STATE, IMESI ILE VILLAGE;

EID: 0029751562     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747798     Document Type: Article

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