The association between stunting and psychosocial development among preschool children: A study using the South African Birth to Twenty cohort data

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 900-910

  Casale, D ^a   Desmond, C ^b,c   Richter, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Cognitive functioning; Preschool children; Social maturity; South Africa; Stunting

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84908620923     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12143     Document Type: Article

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