Maternal underweight and child growth and development

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9867, 2013, Pages 626-627

  Razak, Fahad ^a,b   Finlay, Jocelyn E ^c   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL UNDERWEIGHT; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84874448769     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60344-X     Document Type: Letter

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