Implication of new WHO growth standards on identification of risk factors and estimated prevalence of malnutrition in rural Malawian infants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Prost, Marc André ^a   Jahn, Andreas ^a,b   Floyd, Sian ^a   Mvula, Hazzie ^b   Mwaiyeghele, Eleneus ^b   Mwinuka, Venance ^b   Mhango, Thomas ^b   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b   McGrath, Nuala ^a,b   Fine, Paula E M ^a   Glynn, Judith R ^a  

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

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; INFANT NUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; RISK;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 49949114368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002684     Document Type: Article

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