Practical application of linear growth measurements in clinical research in low-and middle-income countries

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 79-90

  Wit, Jan M ^a   Himes, John H ^b   Van Buuren, Stef ^c,d   Denno, Donna M ^e   Suchdev, Parminder S ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biomarker; Environmental enteric dysfunction; Growth; Stunting

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CHART; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH CHARTS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 85013073211     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000456007     Document Type: Review

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