The effect of multiple anthropometric deficits on child mortality: Meta-analysis of individual data in 10 prospective studies from developing countries

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 896-901

  McDonald, Christine M ^a   Olofin, Ibironke ^a   Flaxman, Seth ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Caulfield, Laura E ^c   Black, Robert E ^c   Ezzati, Majid ^d   Danaei, Goodarz ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALNUTRITION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84875845803     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.047639     Document Type: Article

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