Height, health, and development

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 13232-13237

  Deaton, Angus ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Childhood; Income; Mortality; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE;

EID: 34548064908     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611500104     Document Type: Article

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