Comparison of four anthropometric methods of nutritional assessment and evaluation of the agreement between two reference populations

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 345-350

  De Almeida, Carlos Alberto Nogueira ^a,b   Ricco, Rubens Garcia ^a   Nogueira, Maria Priscila Cescato ^a   Del Ciampo, Luiz Antonio ^a   Mucillo, Gerson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD NUTRITION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0343920687     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.6.345     Document Type: Article

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