Body mass composition: A predictor of admission outcomes among hospitalized Nigerian under 5 children

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-300

  Akinbami, Felix Olukayode ^a   Hamzat, Tal Hatu Kolapo ^b   Orimadegun, Adebola Emmanuel ^b   Tongo, Olukemi ^a   Oyeyemi, Lukman ^b   Okafor, Olubukola ^a   Akinyinka, Olusegun Olusina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass; Children; Death; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751507964     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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