Maternal height and risk of child mortality and undernutrition

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1539-1540

  Christian, Parul ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL HEIGHT; MENARCHE; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77951194575     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.469     Document Type: Editorial

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