Stunting at birth: Recognition of early-life linear growth failure in the western highlands of Guatemala

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1737-1745

  Solomons, Noel W ^a   Vossenaar, Marieke ^a   Chomat, Anne Marie ^b   Doak, Colleen M ^c   Koski, Kristine G ^b   Scott, Marilyn E ^b  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Length for age; Linear growth; Stunting; Young infants

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84930016482     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001400264X     Document Type: Article

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