Predictors of growth velocity in early infancy in a resource-poor setting

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 647-652

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a   Renner, James K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Early detection; Growth faltering; Growth monitoring; Postnatal clinic; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NIGERIA; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053050414     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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