The nutritional status of disabled children in Nigeria: A cross-sectional survey

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 915-919

  Tompsett, J ^a   Yousafzai, A K ^a   Filteau, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Community based rehabilitation (CBR); Disability; Nigeria; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POLIOMYELITIS; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032804116     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600850     Document Type: Article

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