Risk of poor development in young children in low-income and middle-income countries: an estimation and analysis at the global, regional, and country level

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2016, Pages e916-e922

  Lu, Chunling ^a   Black, Maureen M ^b,c   Richter, Linda M ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; STUNTING; ASIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH DISORDER; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85000879057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30266-2     Document Type: Article

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