Are International Anthropometric Standards Appropriate for Developing Countries?

To test the validity of using international standards as references for the assessment of nutritional status, investigations have been carried out on pre-school aged children selected from three distinct ecological environments in Papua New Guinea. Field work included anthropometric measurements (we...

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Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 1991-02, Vol.37 (1), p.37-44
Main Authors: Kow, Felicia, Geissler, Catherine, Balasubramaniam, Eliathamby
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Anthropology. Demography
Anthropometry
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Developing Countries
Health Status Indicators
Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology
Humans
International System of Units
Medical sciences
New Guinea
Nutritional Status
Tropical medicine
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International System of Units
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