Nutritional status of breastfed infants in rural Zambia: comparison of the National Center for Health Statistics growth reference versus the WHO 12-month breastfed pooled data set

Nutritional status of breastfed infants in rural Zambia: comparison of the National Center for Health Statistics growth reference versus the WHO 12-month breastfed pooled data set

Cross-sectional data for breastfed infants in rural Zambia were used to evaluate the effect of applying two different data sets as a reference, i.e. the WHO 12-month breastfed pooled data set and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth reference in terms of prevalence of malnutrition...

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Main Authors: J.L.A. Hautvast, A. Pandor, J. Burema, J.J.M. Tolboom, N. Chishimba, L.A.H. Monnens, W.A. van Staveren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2000-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Zambia
nutritional status
breastfeeding
infants
World Health Organization
data collection
reference standards
comparative study
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