The use of armspan measurement to assess the nutritional status of adults in four Ethiopian ethnic groups

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-95

  de Lucia, E ^a   Lemma, F ^b   Tesfaye, F ^c   Demisse, T ^d   Ismail, S ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adults; Armspan; BMI armspan; BMI height; Elderly; Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85047696266     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601289     Document Type: Article

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