Linear growth and child development in low- and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e1266-e1275

  Sudfeld, Christopher R ^a   McCoy, Dana Charles ^a   Danaei, Goodarz ^a,b   Fink, Günther ^a   Ezzati, Majid ^c   Andrews, Kathryn G ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LOW MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROWTH; INCOME; INFANT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; POVERTY;

EID: 84929493199     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3111     Document Type: Review

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