Using growth velocity to predict child mortality

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 801-807

  Schwinger, Catherine ^a   Fadnes, Lars T ^a,b   Van Den Broeck, Jan ^a  

^a Center for International Health   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Longitudinal growth; Mortality; Prediction; WHO growth velocity standards

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROC CURVE; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84959863628     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.118679     Document Type: Article

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