Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status and growth of 10-20 years old individuals in Benin City (Nigeria) Metropolis

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-121

  Nwokoro, Smart O ^a   Ifada, K ^a   Onochie, O ^a   Olomu, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anthropometric assessment; Growth standard; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

EID: 33746137754     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.117.121     Document Type: Article

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