Standardization and reliability of anthropometric measurements for population surveys;Padronização e confiabilidade das medidas antropomé tricas para pesquisa populacional

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-342

  Frainer, Deivis Elton Schlickmann ^a   Adami, Fernando ^a   De Vasconcelos, Francisco De Assis Guedes ^a   De Assis, Maria Alice Altenburg ^a   Calvo, Maria Cristina Marino ^a   Kerpel, Raquel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Nutrition assessment; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 45749098497     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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