Promoting healthy growth: What are the priorities for research and action?

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-241

  Piwoz, Ellen ^a   Sundberg, Shelly ^a   Rooke, Jenny ^a  

^a BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84866280328     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.111.001164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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