Assessment of nutritional status of school children in Makurdi, Benue State

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 691-694

  Amuta, Elizabeth Une ^a   Houmsou, Robert Soumay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b University of Mkar   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Assessment; Height; Nutrition; School children; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; WORK CAPACITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 64049090954     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.691.694     Document Type: Article

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