Effects of displacement resulting from ethnic/religious conflict on the growth and body composition of Fulani children in Northern Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 279-285

  Glew, R H ^a   Bhanji, R A ^a   VanderJagt, Dorothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MIGRATION; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; RELIGION; VIOLENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; REFUGEES;

EID: 0142217907     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.5.279     Document Type: Article

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