Overlooking undernutrition? Using a composite index of anthropometric failure to assess how underweight misses and misleads the assessment of undernutrition in young children

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1963-1966

  Nandy, Shailen ^a   Jaime Miranda, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Indicators; Millennium Development Goals; Undernutrition; Young children

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; NUTRITION; PLANNING PROCESS; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 41249100091     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.021     Document Type: Article

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