Is the strength of association between indicators of dietary quality and the nutritional status of children being underestimated?

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-160

  Thorne Lyman, Andrew ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; FISH; FOOD; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL BIAS; STUNTING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS;

EID: 84890465647     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12104     Document Type: Letter

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