Anthropometric characteristics of older people in rural Malawi

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 643-649

  Chilima, D M ^a   Ismail, S J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Anthropometry; Body mass index; Malawi; Nutrition assessment; Rural population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KYPHOSIS; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD;

EID: 0031666212     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600617     Document Type: Article

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