Determinants of infant growth in the slums of Dhaka: Size and maturity at birth, breastfeeding and morbidity

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 167-178

  Arifeen, S E ^a,b   Black, R E ^b   Caulfield, L E ^b   Antelman, G ^a,b   Baqui, A H ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Birth weight; Breastfeeding; Fetal growth retardation; Gestational age; Infant growth; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURITY; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA;

SLUM;

EID: 0035107795     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601141     Document Type: Article

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