Implications of the WHO Child Growth Standards in rural Honduras

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1015-1022

  Nichols, Erin K ^a   Nichols, Joseph S ^b   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^a   Coello Gomez, Carol ^b   Parkerson, George R ^b   Brown, Eric L ^a   Day, R Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Global health; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84864127591     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011003570     Document Type: Article

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