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Indicators for monitoring the growth of peruvian infants: weight and length gain vs attained weight and length.

Author(s) -

Ellen Piwoz,

Guillermo López de Romaña,

Hilary CreedKanashiro,

Robert E. Black,

Kenneth H. Brown

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.7.1132

Subject(s) - percentile , weight gain , cutoff , malnutrition , medicine , appetite , population , weight for age , demography , pediatrics , body weight , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology

To determine appropriate indicators and age intervals for growth monitoring in this population, the relationship between monthly weight and length indicators and nutritional status at 12 months was evaluated among 102 low-income Peruvian infants.

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