Physical growth and nutritional status of Jordanian preschool-aged children

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1375-1383

  Hawamdeh, Z M ^a   Ibrahim, A I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b October 6 University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Body height; Body weight; Growth; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 57749206445     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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