Early childhood linear growth faltering in low-income and middle-income countries as a whole-population condition: analysis of 179 Demographic and Health Surveys from 64 countries (1993–2015)

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2017, Pages e1249-e1257

  Roth, Daniel E ^a,b   Krishna, Aditi ^b   Leung, Michael ^b   Shi, Joy ^c   Bassani, Diego G ^a,b   Barros, Aluisio J D ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTRY ECONOMIC STATUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL, AGE AND GROWTH PARAMETERS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FUNDING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HEIGHT FOR AGE Z SCORE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUNTING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH DISORDER; INCOME; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY;

EID: 85033555197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30418-7     Document Type: Article

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