Diarrhea in early childhood: Short-Term association with weight and long-Term association with length

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1129-1138

  Richard, Stephanie A ^b,g   Black, Robert E ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^b   Guerrant, Richard L ^c   Kang, Gagandeep ^d   Lanata, Claudio F ^e   Mølbak, Kåre ^f   Rasmussen, Zeba A ^g   Sack, R Bradley ^b   Valentiner Branth, Palle ^f   Checkley, William ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

child health; diarrhea; malnutrition; stunting; wasting

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MALNUTRITION; WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEA; MALNUTRITION; STUNTING; WASTING;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

BANGLADESH; BRAZIL; GUINEA-BISSAU; PERU;

EID: 84884958488     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt094     Document Type: Article

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