Mid upper arm and calf circumferences as indicators of nutritional status in women of reproductive age

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 612-618

  Khadivzadeh, T ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRAN; LEG MUSCLE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEG; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 10644234593     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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