Prevalence and correlates of stunting among primary school children in rural areas of southern Pakistan

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 72-77

  Khuwaja, Salma ^a   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^a   Shah, Syed M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 20444401496     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh067     Document Type: Article

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