World perspective on the epidemiology of stunting between 1990 and 2015

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 70-78

  Campisi, Susan C ^a,b   Cherian, Arlin Mary ^a,c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Childhood; Height; Stunting; Trends

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

BODY HEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CONCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85027689561     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000462972     Document Type: Review

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