The growth and nutritional status of healthy Asian children aged 4-40 months living in Sheffield

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-197

  Duggan, M B ^a,b   Harbottle, L ^a,c  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Asian children; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029814608     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960024     Document Type: Article

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