Anthropometrically determined nutritional status of urban primary schoolchildren in Makurdi, Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Goon, Daniel T ^a,b   Toriola, Abel L ^a   Shaw, Brandon S ^a   Amusa, Lateef O ^b   Monyeki, Makama A ^c   Akinyemi, Oluwadare ^b   Alabi, Olubola A ^d  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053526674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-769     Document Type: Article

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