The upper arm muscle and fat area of Santal children: An evaluation of nutritional status

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-106

  Chowdhury, Sutanu Dutta ^a   Ghosh, Tusharkanti ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Nutritional status; Undernutrition; Upper arm fat area; Upper arm muscle area

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INDIA; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 57449097173     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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