Low Circulating Amino Acids and Protein Quality: An Interesting Piece in the Puzzle of Early Childhood Stunting

EBioMedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-29

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b   Suri, Devika J ^c   Ghosh, Shibani ^b,d   Kurpad, Anura ^e   Rosenberg, Irwin H ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Children; Protein quality; Stunting

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ABSORPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGESTION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROBIOME; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN QUALITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING;

EID: 84969601872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.05.026     Document Type: Note

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