Predictors of stunting and thinness in post-menarcheal adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2400-2409

  Rah, Jee H ^a   Christian, Parul ^a   Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^b   Arju, Ummeh T ^b   Labrique, Alain B ^a   Rashid, Mahbubur ^b  

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

^b JiVitA Maternal and Child Research Project   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Nutritional status; Rural Bangladesh; Stunting; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LACTATION; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AGE OF ONSET; BANGLADESH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LACTATION; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949132211     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005345     Document Type: Article

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