Prognostic accuracy of WHO growth standards to predict mortality in a large-scale nutritional program in niger

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0278-0285

  Lapidus, Nathanael ^a   Luquero, Francisco J ^a,b   Gaboulaud, Valérie ^a   Shepherd, Susan ^c   Grais, Rebecca F ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; NUTRITION SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); NIGER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 63449102852     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000039     Document Type: Article

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