Growth, nutritional status, and signs of rickets in 0-5-year-old children in a Kashin-Beck disease endemic area of Central Tibet

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1185-1191

  Rooze, Shancy ^a   Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle ^a   Mathieu, Françoise ^b   Bally, Pascale ^b   Yangzom, Dikki ^c   Li, Jin Zhong ^d   Goyens, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Kashin Beck Disease Fund   (Belgium)

^c Kashin Beck Disease Foundation   (China)

^d SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Infants; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KASHIN BECK DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KASHIN-BECK DISEASE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETS; THINNESS; TIBET; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84866037345     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1699-3     Document Type: Article

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