Size at birth, infant, early and later childhood growth and adult body composition: A prospective study in a stunted population

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 550-557

  Corvalan C ^a   Gregory, C O ^a   Ramirez Zea, M ^b   Martorell, R ^a,c   Stein, Aryeh D ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 34250824180     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym010     Document Type: Article

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