Do childhood growth indicators in developing countries cluster? Implications for intervention strategies

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 829-834

  Fenn, Bridget ^a   Morris, Saul S ^a   Frost, Chris ^a  

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

Author keywords

Developing countries; Growth; Pre school children; Spatial clustering; Targeting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STUNTING SYNDROME; WASTING SYNDROME;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 6344280396     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004632     Document Type: Article

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