Growth performance of affluent Indian children is similar to that in developed countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-195

  Bhandari, Nita ^a   Bahl, Rajiv ^a   Taneja, Sunita ^a   De Onis, Mercedes ^a   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Body height; Body weight; Breast feeding; Cross sectional studies; Growth; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH DETERMINATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

INDIA;

EID: 0036204142     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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