New growth charts for Libyan preschool children

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1400-1412

  Bordom, J H ^a   Billot, L ^b   Gueguen, R ^c   Deschamps, J P ^b  

^a University of Al Jabel Al Gharbi   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c Centre de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; GROWTH; INCOME; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NEWBORN; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIBYA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 59949103680     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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