Commentary: Measuring nutritional status of children

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1030-1036

  Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Subramanyam, Malavika A ^b   Subramanian, S V ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80051928745     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr108     Document Type: Note

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