Asaf Khan
Biographic Data
| ID | 10875803 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asaf Khan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asaf |
| FAMILY NAME | Khan |
| SIGNATURE | KHAN A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effects of age misstatement on the utility of age-dependent anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in rural Bangladesh
We report the effects of age error on use of weight-for-age and height-for-age for assessing and screening malnutrition, and for identifying factors of malnutrition in 679 children aged 22-59 months in Companiganj, in rural Bangladesh. Overreporting and random error in age and correlation of age error with each of the anthropometric indices are observed. As a result, the proportion of children having less than or equal to 60 per cent of median we…
Effects of age misstatement on the utility of age-dependent anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in rural Bangladesh
We report the effects of age error on use of weight-for-age and height-for-age for assessing and screening malnutrition, and for identifying factors of malnutrition in 679 children aged 22-59 months in Companiganj, in rural Bangladesh. Overreporting and random error in age and correlation of age error with each of the anthropometric indices are observed. As a result, the proportion of children having less than or equal to 60 per cent of median we…
Effects of age misstatement on the utility of age-dependent anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in rural Bangladesh
We report the effects of age error on use of weight-for-age and height-for-age for assessing and screening malnutrition, and for identifying factors of malnutrition in 679 children aged 22-59 months in Companiganj, in rural Bangladesh. Overreporting and random error in age and correlation of age error with each of the anthropometric indices are observed. As a result, the proportion of children having less than or equal to 60 per cent of median we…
Age groups (1 work) · Analysis of variance (1 work) · Anthropometry (1 work) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Internal Medicine (1 work) · Internal Medicine (1 work) · Malnutrition (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Pediatrics (1 work)