Anthropometric reference data for international use: Recommendations from a World Health Organization Expert Committee

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 650-658

  De Onis, Mercedes ^a   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

anthropometry; growth; nutritional assessment; nutritional disorders; nutritional status; obesity; Reference standards; stunting; wasting; world health

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029832657     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.4.650     Document Type: Article

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