Observational Bias during Nutrition Surveillance: Results of a Mixed Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Data Collection System in Northern Nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Grellety, Emmanuel ^a   Luquero, Francisco J ^a   Mambula, Christopher ^b   Adamu, Hassana H ^c   Elder, Greg ^b   Porten, Klaudia ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84877015793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062767     Document Type: Article

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