An evaluation of infants' growth in the Kingdom of Nepal

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 350-355

  Hosono, Shigeharu ^a   Okazaki, Minoru ^a   Kagimoto, Seiichi ^a   Ogawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Matunaga, Kohei ^a   Oishi, Tutomu ^a   Ohno, Tutomu ^a   Yamaguchi, Syuichi ^a   Joh, Kosuke ^a   Akashi, Syunji ^a   Yamamoto, Keiko ^a   Kohno, Saburo ^a   Honma, Takeshi ^b   Shakya, Kashyap Narsingh ^b,c  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Bhaktapur District Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Child growth; Developing country; Japan International Cooperation Agency; Saitama Prefectural Government; WHO prototype growth chart

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL;

EID: 7344229307     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb01946.x     Document Type: Article

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