WHO 2006 child growth standards: Implications for the prevalence of stunting and underweight-for-age in a birth cohort of Gabonese children in comparison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth charts and the National Center for Health Statistics 1978 growth references

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 714-719

  Schwarz, Norbert G ^a,b   Grobusch, Martin P ^a,c   Decker, Marie Luise ^a,b   Goesch, Julia ^a,b   Poetschke, Marc ^a,b   Oyakhirome, Sunny ^a   Kombila, Davy ^a   Fortin, Julien ^a   Lell, Bertrand ^a,b   Issifou, Saadou ^a   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b   Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^d  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Child growth references; Child growth standards; Child health programmes; Stunting; Underweight for age

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH REFERENCE; CHILD GROWTH STANDARD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GABON; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GABON; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 44649190628     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001449     Document Type: Article

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