Transition between stunted and nonstunted status: Both occur from birth to 15 years of age in Malawi children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1278-1285

  Teivaanmäki, Tiina ^a,b   Cheung, Yin Bun ^a,c   Kortekangas, Emma ^a   Maleta, Kenneth ^d   Ashorn, Per ^a,e  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Low income countries; Malawi; Puberty; South east Africa; Stunted growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWIAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; STUNTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALAWI; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; MALE;

EID: 84983094834     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13060     Document Type: Article

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