Nutritional status and height, weight and BMI centiles of school-aged children and adolescents of 6-18-years from Kinshasa (DRC)

• Main Authors: Rudahaba Augustin Buhendwa (Author), Mathieu Roelants (Author), Martine Thomis (Author), Constant E. Nkiama (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The last study to establish centiles of main anthropometric measurements in Kinshasa was conducted over 60 years ago, which questions its current adequacy to describe or monitor growth in this population. Aim: To assess the nutritional status of school-aged children and adolescents and t...