Inconsistencies in the findings of child nutrition surveys in Bangladesh

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1267-1271

  Bairagi, Radheshyam ^a   Ahsan, Riti Ibrahim ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Age misstatement; Anthropometry; Bangladesh; Bias; Children; Malnutrition; Measurement error; Nutrition surveys; Random error

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0031772902     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.6.1267     Document Type: Article

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