Developing world perspective: The importance of growth for short-term health

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series: Pediatric Program

Volumn 65, Issue , 2010, Pages 71-83

  Adair, Linda S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFECTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFECTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77953109178     PISSN: 16616677     EISSN: 16623878     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000281146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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