Early childhood supplementation does not benefit the long-term growth of stunted children in Jamaica

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3017-3024

  Walker, Susan P ^a   Grantham Mcgregor, Sally M ^a,c   Himes, John H ^b   Powell, Christine A ^a   Chang, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

catch up growth; children; linear growth retardation; nutritional supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAMAICA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030442582     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.12.3017     Document Type: Article

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