Seasonal variations and trends in weight and arm circumference of non-pregnant rural Senegalese women, 1990-1997

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 997-1004

  Simondon, K B ^a   Ndiaye, T ^b   Dia, M ^b   Yam, A ^b   Ndiaye, M ^b   Marra, A ^b   Diallo, A ^b   Simondon, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; ARM; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49349102810     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602807     Document Type: Article

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