Nutritional evaluation of undocumented children: a neglected health issue affecting the most fragile people

Comandini, Ornella; Cabras, Stefano; Marini, Elisabetta

Nutritional evaluation of undocumented children: a neglected health issue affecting the most fragile people

Author(s): Comandini, Ornella; Cabras, Stefano; Marini, Elisabetta

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Issued date: 2017-02-01

Citation: Comandini, O., Cabras, S. & Marini, E. (2017). Nutritional evaluation of undocumented children: a neglected health issue affecting the most fragile people. The European Journal of Public Health, 27(1), pp. 71-73.

ISSN: 1101-1262

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw210

xmlui.dri2xhtml.METS-1.0.item-contributor-funder: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)

Sponsor: The research was partially supported by RYC-2012-11455; MINECO-Spain project (MTM2016-77501-P) and RAS-Italy project (CRP-59903).

Project: Gobierno de España. RYC-2012-11455
Gobierno de España. MTM2016-77501-P

Keywords: Age , Nutritional status , Uganda , Children , Malnutrition , Edad , Estado de nutrición , Niños , Manlnutrición

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/33020

Rights: © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association.

Abstract:

The precise knowledge of age is necessary for assessing a child’s nutritional status. We show the magnitude and the effects of age error in real and hypothetical situations, and discuss possible compensative strategies. Using data collected in different years, [+]

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