Socioeconomic predictors of unconstrained child growth in Muscat, Oman

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-302

  Mohamed, A J ^b   Onyango, A W ^a   de Onis, M ^b   Prakash, N ^a   Mabry, R M ^a   Alasfoor, D H ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; OMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCOME; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 26044474477     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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