Seasonal growth patterns in rural Nepali children

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Panter Brick, C ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD GROWTH; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONALITY;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN ASIA;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH; NEPAL; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; YOUTH;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS;

NEPAL;

EID: 0030924487     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469700004732     Document Type: Article

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