Reliability of anthropometric measures in a longitudinal cohort of patients initiating ART in West Africa

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sicotte, Maryline ^a   Ledoux, Marielle ^b   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a   Ag Aboubacrine, Souleymane ^c   Nguyen, Vinh Kim ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Hopital National du Point G   (Mali)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649382672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-102     Document Type: Article

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