Grip strength as an index for assessment of nutritional status of children aged 6-10 years

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-92

  Kenjle, Kavita ^a   Limaye, Sonali ^a   Ghugre, Padmini S ^a   Udipi, Shobha A ^a  

^a SNDT WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Grip strength; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20444431281     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.51.87     Document Type: Article

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