Lung function and nutritional status of semi-nomadic Fulani children and adolescents in Northern Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-25

  Glew, R H ^a   Brock, H S ^a   VanderVoort, J ^a   Agaba, P ^b   Harkins, M S ^a   VanderJagt, D J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 1242276251     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.1.20     Document Type: Article

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