Stunting is associated with wasting in children from the semiarid region of Alagoas, Brazil

Nutrition Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 364-367

  Ferreira, Haroldo S ^a   Florêncio, Telma M M T ^a   Vieira, Evla F ^a   Assunção, Monica L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; North eastern Brazil; Nutritional status; Preschool children; Stunting; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME;

BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 44149122401     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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