Role of intrauterine growth retardation on physical growth of Pakistani squatter children from birth to 2 years of age

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 338-344

  Fikree, Fariyal F ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^a   Berendes, Heinz W ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033375101     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.6.338     Document Type: Article

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