Pathways leading to early growth faltering: An investigation into the importance of mucosal damage and immunostimulation in different socio-economic groups in Nepal

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 558-567

  Panter Brick, Catherine ^a   Lunn, Peter G ^b   Langford, Rebecca M ^a   Maharjan, Makhan ^c   Manandhar, Dharma S ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Environment and Public Health Organization   (Nepal)

^d Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Immune response; Infant growth; Intestinal permeability; Malnutrition; Nepal; Public health policy; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTOSE; OROSOMUCOID;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTEROPATHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH MUCOSA LESION; UNDERWEIGHT;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; WEANING;

EID: 67649438715     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450802744X     Document Type: Article

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