Maternal education inequalities in height growth rates in early childhood: 2004 Pelotas birth cohort study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-249

  Matijasevich, Alicia ^a   Howe, Laura D ^b,c   Tilling, Kate ^b   Santos, Iná S ^a   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology (CAiTE)   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child growth; childhood height; maternal education; Pelotas birth cohort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; SOCIAL STATUS;

BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE;

EID: 84859714497     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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