Prevalence and severity of malnutrition and age at menarche; cross-sectional studies in adolescent schoolgirls in western Kenya

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-48

  Leenstra, Tjalling ^a,b,e   Petersen, L T ^c   Kariuki, S K ^a   Oloo, A J ^a   Kager, P A ^b   ter Kuile, F O ^a,b,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c St Mary's Hospital   (Kenya)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Height; Kenya; Malnutrition; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 12144264333     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602031     Document Type: Article

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