Validity of single-weight measurements to predict current malnutrition and mortality in children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-120

  Van Den Broeck, Jan ^a,b   Eeckels, Roger ^c   Massa, Guy ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

child mortality; humans; protein energy malnutrition; underweight; wasting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030052787     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.1.113     Document Type: Article

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