Physical growth during the first year of life. A longitudinal study in rural and urban areas of Hanoi, Vietnam

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nguyen, Huong T ^a,b   Eriksson, Bo ^b   Nguyen, Liem T ^a   Nguyen, Chuc T K ^c   Petzold, Max ^b,d   Bondjers, Göran ^d   Ascher, Henry ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS   (Viet Nam)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM; WEIGHT GAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VIETNAM;

EID: 84857960889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-26     Document Type: Article

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