Body size, body composition and motor performances of mild-to-moderately undernourished Senegalese children

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-321

  Benefice, E ^a,c   Malina, R ^b  

^a Inst Francais Rech Sci pour le D   (France)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; FEMALE; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH REPORT; SENEGAL; WESTERN AFRICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SENEGAL; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENEGAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030187988     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469600004542     Document Type: Article

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