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Anthropometric indices independent of age for nutritional assessment in schoolchildren.

The merits of three indices based on weight (W) and height (H) were examined in the age group six to 15 years: W/H, W/H2, W/H3. The analysis was based ona survey of 1673 schoolchildren of both sexes from a rural housing block in Delhi. It showed that the index W/H2 was invariant with age in the rang...

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Main Authors: Babu, D S, Chuttani, C S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1979
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1051949/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/508995
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