Earlier introduction of agu itas is associated with higher risk of stunting in infants and toddlers in the Western Highlands of Guatemala1-4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 631-636

  Doak, Colleen M ^a   Van Der Starre, Robine E ^a   Van Beusekom, Ilse ^a   Ponce, Maiza Campos ^a   Vossenaar, Marieke ^b   Solomons, Noel W ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGUITAS; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUNTING; BABY FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; GROWTH DISORDER; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

SWEETENING AGENT;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SWEETENING AGENTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874299128     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.047621     Document Type: Article

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