Comparison of armspan, arm length and tibia length as predictors of actual height of disabled and nondisabled children in Dharavi, Mumbai, India

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1230-1234

  Yousafzai, A K ^a   Filteau, S M ^a   Wirz, S L ^a   Cole, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm length; Armspan; Disability; India; Nutrition status; Slum; Tibia length

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOBILIZATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCOLIOSIS; STANDARD; TIBIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIBIA;

SLUM;

EID: 0141891116     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601705     Document Type: Article

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