Pilot testing of WHO child growth standards in Chandigarh: Implications for India's child health programmes

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-122

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Thakur, Jarnail Singh ^a   Bhatia, Satpal Singh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GROWTH CURVE; MALNUTRITION; SOFTWARE; STANDARD (REGULATION); WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; CHANDIGARH; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 61449106644     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.051789     Document Type: Article

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