Intra-class correlation estimates for assessment of vitamin A intake in children

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-73

  Agarwal, Girdhar G ^a   Awasthi, Shally ^b   Walter, Stephen D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology: child; India; Sample size; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 18744372455     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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