Relationship between the surrogate anthropometric measures, foot length and chest circumference and birth weight among newborns of Sarlahi, Nepal

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-46

  Mullany, L C ^a   Darmstadt, G L ^a,b   Khatry, S K ^c   LeClerq, S C ^a,c   Tielsch, J M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOOT LENGTH; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX CIRCUMFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEPAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX;

EID: 33845523339     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602504     Document Type: Article

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