Survey of the growth characteristics and body composition of Fulani children in a rural Hamlet in Northern Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 313-322

  Glew, R H ^a   Conn, C A ^b   Bhanji, R ^a   Calderon, P ^a   Barnes, C ^a   VanderJagt, Dorothy J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHILD GROWTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENDER; GENETICS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0142248800     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.5.313     Document Type: Article

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