High altitude and early childhood growth retardation: New evidence from Tibet

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-348

  Dang, Shaonong ^a   Yan, H ^a   Yamamoto, S ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TIBET;

EID: 40549086284     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602711     Document Type: Article

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