Comparison of estimates of under-nutrition for pre-school rural Pakistani children based on the WHO standard and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 716-722

  Nuruddin, Rozina ^a,b   Lim, Meng Kin ^c   Hadden, Wilbur C ^d   Azam, Iqbal ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

NCHS growth reference; Pakistan; Pre school children; Under nutrition prevalence; WHO growth standard

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STUNTING SYNDROME; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); NUTRITION DISORDERS; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67650391471     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002383     Document Type: Article

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