Childhood stunting in Northeast Brazil: The role of Schistosoma mansoni infection and inadequate dietary intake

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1022-1029

  Assis, A M O ^a   Prado, M S ^a   Barreto, M L ^a   Reis, M G ^b   Conceicao Pinheiro S M ^a   Parraga, I M ^c   Blanton, R E ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Helminth infection; Schistosoma mansoni infection; Schoolchildren; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUNTING SYNDROME; TRICHURIS; WORM EGG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 4043131671     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601926     Document Type: Article

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