Does low birthweight influence the nutritional status of children at school age? A cohort study in northeast Brazil

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-306

  de Jesus Machado Amorim, Rosemary ^a   de Carvalho Lima, Marilia ^a   Cabral de Lira, Pedro Israel ^a   Emond, Alan Martin ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child height for age; Child weight for age; Low birthweight; Maternal BMI; Maternal constraint; Maternal height

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79959486529     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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