Age patterns in stunting and anaemia in African schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study in Tanzania

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-40

  Lwambo, N J S ^a   Brooker, S ^b   Siza, J E ^a   Bundy, D A P ^b   Guyatt, H ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia; Growth spurt; Helminths; Schoolchildren; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 0033957065     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600890     Document Type: Article

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