Anthropometric status of Kazakh children in the 1990s

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-53

  Dangour, A D ^a   Farmer, A ^a   Hill, H L ^a   Ismail, S J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometric status; Gender discrimination; Kazakhstan

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAZAKHSTAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 3543146982     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-677X(02)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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