Factors associated with growth patterns from birth to 18 months in a Beninese cohort of children

Acta Tropica

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Padonou, Géraud ^a,b,c,d   Le Port, Agnès ^a,b,c   Cottrell, Gilles ^a,b,d   Guerra, José ^a,b   Choudat, Isabelle ^a,b   Rachas, Antoine ^a,b   Bouscaillou, Julie ^a,b   Massougbodji, Achille ^d   Garcia, André ^a,b   Martin Prevel, Yves ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Infant growth; Intrauterine growth retardation; Low birth weight; Maternal undernutrition; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT MORTALITY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MATERNITY WARD; MORBIDITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT STATURE; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT Z SCORE; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BENIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GROWTH DISORDERS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BENIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897946240     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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