Relative height and weight among children and adolescents of rural southwestern Nigeria

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 388-399

  Ayoola, Omolola ^a   Ebersole, Kara ^b   Omotade, Olayemi O ^a   Tayo, Bamidele O ^b   Brieger, William R ^c   Salami, Kabiru ^d   Dugas, Lara R ^b   Cooper, Richard S ^b   Luke, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Stunting; Sub Saharan Africa; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE DETERMINATION; BODY CONDITION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; RURAL AREA; SEX DETERMINATION;

NIGERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 69249211102     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460902835606     Document Type: Article

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