Predictors of stunting, wasting and underweight among Tanzanian children born to HIV-infected women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1265-1276

  Mcdonald, C M ^a   Kupka, R ^a,b   Manji, K P ^c   Okuma, J ^a   Bosch, R J ^a   Aboud, S ^c   Kisenge, R ^c   Spiegelman, D ^a   Fawzi, W W ^a   Duggan, C P ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

child growth; child undernutrition; HIV

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MID ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; TANZANIAN; UNDERWEIGHT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84868634175     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.136     Document Type: Article

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