Assessment of nutritional status in indian preschool children using WHO 2006 growth standards

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 47-53

  Ramachandran, Prema ^a   Gopalan, Hema S ^a  

^a Nutrition Foundation of India   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Indian preschool children; Nutritional status; WHO 2006 growth standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80054739575     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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